How Long Does Menopause Last?
Perimenopause s a phase when you can see or feel the first changes to your period and body. It can last anywhere from 10 years to a few months. Nevertheless, you need to be prepared and know what can and will happen during this stage in your life.
Lower Back & Joint Pain Causes
Our modern diet is filled with so many inflammatory-causing artificial substances that the list is endless. Starting from all kinds of sugars, additives, preservatives, artificial coloring, artificial flavors, and of course, all the artificial fats and so on. The worst of them being trans fats.
SI Joint Pain Caused by Food?
Si joint pain is usually first experienced after childbirth and later in perimenopause and menopause. The usual causes are hormonal imbalance and weight gain in pregnancy and later in life.
Back and Joint Pain in Menopause
As estrogen starts to fluctuate and decrease, so does our capacity to absorb vitamin D, which is responsible for the absorption of calcium. Doctors often give women calcium in perimenopause and menopause for their bone health but do not mention that taking it together with vitamin D and vitamin K is necessary for the calcium to enter our bones.
Do It! You deserve it! Self-Care Is Vital In Menopause
We are caretakers all of our adult life. Perimenopause and menopause are periods in our lives where taking better care of ourselves is necessary. Pampering yourself is a must because it is one of the ways to invest in aging well.
Why Exercise in Menopause?
Exercise in menopause not only helps with many menopause symptoms but also makes aging easier, healthier, and happier.
Getting Through Menopause Happily: How I reinvented myself
I reached menopause in my mid-forties with a far more emotional reaction than I was used to having. All of a sudden, I found that I had to manage my energy carefully, that I had to say ‘no’ more often in order to stay balanced. Initially, I also had the feeling that my youth and attractiveness was fading.
The Internal Inferno – Hot Flashes/Flushes
You are going on with your day, minding your own business when this uneasy feeling of heat starts. It is rising from deep inside you and is spreading so quickly as if a heat bomb had just exploded. That is how most women experience hot flashes.
The Hot Flash Help App
As my co-founder and I talked about how to help women overcome all the challenges of perimenopause and menopause, an idea started slowly forming on the blackboard wall of my home office. We knew that more than 70% of women in this life transition suffer from hot flashes. This is the reason we started with this menopause symptom.