Australian surfer Tyler Wright was hospitalised due to ‘debilitating’ period pain before last event
The two-time world champion Tyler Wright has revealed she needed hospitalisation three days before the last World Surf League event due to career-long period issues.
Preparing for the next stop on the Championship Tour in El Salvador starting on Friday, Wright used social media to speak about the crippling pain that has left her at times bedridden since her teenage years.
Ranked world No 2, Wright was eliminated in the first round at the Surf Ranch Pro at the California wave pool last week but revealed she had to seek medical treatment leading into the event.
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“It’s hard when you put so much work into something, you feel great and then you have a period so horrible it hospitalises you three days out from an event,” the 29-year-old posted on Instagram.
“Competing after those three days of being mostly bedridden and unable to eat was the harsh reality of navigating my period while meeting requirements in my professional career.”
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Wright said managing her menstrual cycle had been a “journey” but she felt more in tune with her body than when she was a teenager.
She recognised pushing herself through this time made her more prone to injury.
“I’ve come a long way from my teen years, not even knowing it wasn’t normal to suffer monthly excruciating pain that would lead to passing out, vomiting and hours on the toilet.
“These days my period management looks like a