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I’ve been writing about my #perimenopause for a few years now. My essays have covered the physical as well as emotional and mental health impacts of this transition.
I will soon start power lifting & will be documenting that too! Until then 👇🏽 feministgiant.com/p/essay-menopa… #Menopause
I will soon start power lifting & will be documenting that too! Until then 👇🏽 feministgiant.com/p/essay-menopa… #Menopause
Last year I started regular:
- strength training (for my bones)
- stretching (for my joints)
- walk for an hour (for my heart and anxiety)
- dance (for my heart)
📷 @rerutled
- strength training (for my bones)
- stretching (for my joints)
- walk for an hour (for my heart and anxiety)
- dance (for my heart)
📷 @rerutled
But this year, I've been less consistent because I started traveling for work again.
For the coming year, I want to graduate myself from at-home weights to working with a trainer to power lift.
It is consistently recommended for those of us going through menopause. So yalla!
For the coming year, I want to graduate myself from at-home weights to working with a trainer to power lift.
It is consistently recommended for those of us going through menopause. So yalla!
@LinziMillett @MenopauseLondon @Dianedanz @mymenopausedr Almost all women in the #perimenopausal transition (40-60) will experience some element of joint pains/muscle aches, first in a cyclical basis & worst just before & during menstruation. This is due to ⬇️Estradiol (E2) levels -remember E2 softens cartilage (as in pregnancy) and ➡️
@LinziMillett @MenopauseLondon @Dianedanz @mymenopausedr ...its sudden withdrawal causes all cartilage-containing structures to stiffen up. This is the reason why ACL rupture is ~5 x commoner in women than men & mostly occurs during day 1&2 of menstruation. Also reason for timing of peak of fatal & near-fatal asthma in women. Also ➡️
@LinziMillett @MenopauseLondon @Dianedanz @mymenopausedr ...all women in the Seattle Midlife Women’s study had joint pain as part of their physical symptom clusters - see: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20628322
So the solution is simply to stabilise E2 throughout the cycle by taking an adequate dose transdermal patch or gel -this is why joint pain ➡️
So the solution is simply to stabilise E2 throughout the cycle by taking an adequate dose transdermal patch or gel -this is why joint pain ➡️
