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By Carla DiGirolamo MD, CFL1
This workout has everything that’s great for your bones and then some! We have 2 plyometric movements that stimulate the bones from different directions and a weighted movement, the dumbbell thruster, which adds a weight-bearing stimulus to the...
Joint pain can rear its creaky head when you reach the menopause transition. Here’s how to keep moving pain free.
By Selene Yeager
Joint pain is one of those menopausal symptoms that flies under the radar…until you find yourself suddenly sidelined with...
Picking up the pace in the weight room can improve your health and performance.
By Selene Yeager
As active performance-minded menopausal women, we have to push back on a lot of societal expectations and messages, but arguably (and truly arguably, because there are many to choose...
It’s harder to make and maintain muscle in midlife and menopause. Here’s what can help.
By Selene Yeager
We talk about muscle a lot here at Feisty Menopause. Your muscle mass not only helps you run, jump, ski, hike, clean and jerk, surf, cycle, and otherwise keep...
With the NAMS Annual Meeting in the rearview mirror, this is what we’d like to see in the future.
By Selene Yeager
The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) held its annual meeting last month. I attended for the first time and was treated to 3 ½ jam-packed days of ...
Bone loss can start in your 30s and accelerates in menopause. Here’s how to keep your skeleton strong.
By Selene Yeager
We’ve been conditioned to think of osteoporosis as something to worry about “later,” when we reach older adulthood. Heck, the US Department...
