Protect Your Hormones and Help Protect Your Body From Arthritis

Arthritis is usually characterized by feelings of pain, stiffness, swelling, and warmth in the hundreds of joints that are found throughout the body. It’s an often-debilitating condition, and can make activities that were once pleasurable, like walking, biking, gardening, or dancing, a painful task. Arthritis pain can be caused by numerous conditions, ranging from injuries to disease. But what you may not know is that arthritis pain can also be related to menopause-related declines in estrogen. More and more, women are choosing to take a proactive approach to their hormonal health in the years leading up to menopause. Monitoring and adjusting hormone health through lifestyle changes and bioidentical hormone therapy—before symptoms become unmanageable—can help prevent some of the many symptoms of hormonal imbalance, and could even help prevent arthritis. By raising estrogen levels through hormone therapy, research also shows that you may be able find sustained relief from joint pain and other symptoms of arthritis. Read more…