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All About Your Joints! joint health shoulders squats strength Oct 07, 2024

 

By Carla DiGirolamo MD, CFL1

 

During mid-life, we need to pay more attention to our joints. The hormonal changes of this stage of life cause tendons and ligaments to change in character and the decline in muscle mass can lead to joint instability. Not to mention, our joints seem to...

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Our Favorite Things from 2023 foot health gifts inflammation joint health strength training Dec 06, 2023

 

Here’s stuff we love that helped us live our best, strongest, feistiest menopausal lives last year.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

Three years ago, we started Feisty Menopause with the goal of providing the training, nutrition, and lifestyle advice you need to maximize performance...

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How to Manage Inflammation During Menopause inflammation joint health Sep 03, 2023

Inflammation can rise with menopause, increasing our risk for chronic disease. These tips can help keep it in check.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

As estrogen declines during the menopause transition, inflammation in your body can rise. Unchecked, over time this systemic inflammation can damage...

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How to Keep Your Menopausal Joints Healthy and Happy bone health hormone therapy joint health Aug 29, 2023

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...

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How to Keep Sitting Time from Wrecking Your Health heart health joint health Nov 22, 2022

Prolonged inactivity is especially bad for menopausal bodies.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

 

I sit. A lot. More than eight hours a day podcasting, researching, and writing books, articles, and blogs (ironically like this one!) on an average weekday, according to my Oura ring, which...

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Supplement Spotlight: Glucosamine joint health Mar 01, 2022

This joint health supplement may improve performance and promote longevity, research shows.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

We get a lot of questions about supplements on our social media channels and in our menopause membership. So I’m going to use this space to periodically shine some...

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It's Not time to Slow Down with Dr. Vonda Wright joint health Jun 16, 2021

“Maybe it’s time to slow down.” That’s the message menopausal women often get from their friends, family, and yes, even physicians when they have joint pain and nagging injuries like Achilles tendonitis or “menopause arthritis” that are preventing them from...

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