If you find you’re not as nimble as you used to be, or that you get stiff more easily, or maybe you’ve just been told you’ve got arthritis, you can partly blame the decline in hormone oestrogen that happens during perimenopause.
“Oestrogen makes our joints nice and spongey,” explains Rebecca Sabine, senior physiotherapist at Vital Core Physiotherapy.
And yet, instead of protecting our joints by moving less, the evidence shows that moving more is the key to looser, pain-free joints.
“We have to move, we have to move and we have to move, we have to move as much as we possibly can,” says Rebecca. “Yes, they're not as robust as they were. But they still are really capable.”
“We need to be moving, to push, pull, lift, squat regularly. That doesn't mean go and pick up the 20 kilo bag of compost. But whatever you are capable of, you need to do it and do it really regularly."
Hear Rebecca shares practical tips for overcoming joint pain in this episode of Thriving in Menopause.
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