Our Mission
We saw the gap: fitness designed for women often stops at pregnancy and post-partum. Women in perimenopause and menopause, however, face some of the biggest physical changes of their lives - with nowhere to turn except for vague advice on the internet.
Every element of Second Spring Method is grounded in scientific research and recommendations - you don’t have to figure it out on your own; you are not alone. We are creating a community of women who are in it with you - thriving.
The Second Spring Method strives to celebrate this life stage as a time of renewal and possibility. Our brand reflects an alternate way to perceive the menopause transition: a woman’s second spring — a season to embrace strength, vitality, and new beginnings.
Mission Statement
Educating and empowering women through evidence-based fitness training and community support to optimize their bodies & minds for the later stages in life.
Our Method
Our method is more than “just going to the gym” - it’s an evidence-based solution for women, by women. Second Spring Method gives women permission to take charge of their physical health surrounded by and supported by women. By combining up-to-date research supported recommendations as well as community, the method allows women to know they are doing what is best for their health for promoting longevity.
Our Inspiration
Second Spring Method’s founder, Kendall Lynch, specializes in women's health as a Doctor of Physical Therapy and is board certified in orthopedics. When she relocated to Oak Park in 2024, she opened a small private practice, Niche Physical Therapy, specifically focused on women’s health and post-partum clients.
She started to notice common complaints: most of her female patients over 35, having experienced childbirth or not, were noticing unexplained physical changes. They were beginning to experience brand new aches and pains, pelvic floor dysfunction, and overarching fatigue or new weight gain.
Kendall also started noticing similar changes within herself - weakness and brain fog, to name a few. She began doing extensive research on perimenopause and the symptoms started making sense - but, unfortunately, she realized most women are not educated on this transition phase.
As women start to experience these shifts, Kendall wanted to create a safe, community-focused space where the most up-to-date research and data would be provided - all the while improving their strength, cardiovascular endurance, and bone health.
She designed the Second Spring Method to help dispel the myths and confusion of female aging, while giving our bodies the best chance to stay strong and mobile - to maintain longevity. She hopes to help every woman enter into their second spring of life as a celebration of finding herself!
Our Name
Let’s face it: Menopause has traditionally gotten a bad rap - or no conversation at all. We aim to change the perceptions of an elder woman into that of the wise woman, the woman who has renewed herself and her life.
When searching for another way to think about this stage of life, we can across a term new to us that inspired us to change our whole thinking about menopause.
“Second Spring” is how the pause of menses is sometimes referred to in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Chinese wisdom emphasizes the celebration of the end of menstruation and looking forward to the next stage.
In addition, a “spring in her step” is exactly the type of movement that exemplifies a woman whose body is properly prepared to handle the changes it goes through in later life - and maintain health and longevity.
What does Second Spring mean to you?
Our Symbol
After landing on our name, we wanted to find an image that would reflect the idea of a second spring.
Biennial plants are those that only bloom on their second year after sprouting; their second spring. Their first year is typically an unassuming cluster of leaves, laying in wait (biding its time?). Then in the spring of the next year they send out beautiful clusters of flowers. Of these types of plants, the Foxglove appealed the most, with its vividly cascading flower spikes. Named for the imagery of a fox wearing its blossoms as gloves, and sometimes called “witch’s gloves” due to their toxicity, herbalists have historically used the plant to treat heart conditions.