Menopause and Musculoskeletal Health: Understanding the Connection
Hormonal changes in menopause can affect bones, muscles, and joints. Learn how to manage symptoms and stay strong, active, and pain-free.
Hormonal changes in menopause can affect bones, muscles, and joints. Learn how to manage symptoms and stay strong, active, and pain-free.
It might seem that menopause is an exclusively female thing and that men don’t have to worry about it. Surely at a biological level it is true that women undergo more intense changes than us, but I think menopause does not affect solely at a physiological level. It also has a psychological and sociological component that men should consider.
The typical discomforts or pains in the menopause are pain regarding the menstrual cycle, weight gain, heat waves, heart palpitations, insomnia, mood swings, vaginal dryness, incontinence or bladder problems, loss of libido, joint pain, hair and skin problems, osteoporosis, bleedings, and depression.