Why Do My Joints Suddenly Hurt in Perimenopause?

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Yesterday morning, I sat up in bed and somehow threw my neck out.

That was it.

I did not fall. I did not lift anything heavy. I did not have some dramatic injury.

I literally sat up.

And if you are somewhere in your 40s or 50s, there is a very good chance you have your own version of this story.

Your shoulder suddenly stops moving properly. Your back goes out doing something completely ordinary. Your knees start aching. Your Achilles is angry. Your elbow hurts for no apparent reason. Workouts you used to recover from easily suddenly leave you sore for days.

And you start wondering...

What is happening to my body?

There is actually a name now being used for what many women experience through this transition, and once you understand what is happening underneath the surface, a lot of these seemingly random aches, injuries, and changes start to make a whole lot more sense.

In this episode, I am breaking down the overlooked connection between perimenopause, menopause, hormones, inflammation, muscle, connective tissue, recovery, and pain.

We are also getting into frozen shoulder, why the same workout can suddenly affect you differently than it did five years ago, what HRT may or may not have to do with it, and the other major midlife factors that could be quietly making everything worse.