Hi there ladies, I'm after a bit of advice about what you take to help with joint pain.
When I was going through the perimenopause I didn't suffer with joint pain, but was taking various supplements to help me get through this. Now in menopause I have stopped the supplements and soy milkshakes as these helped with the night sweats, hot flushes etc, but I am now getting random pains in both knees, ankles, right elbow and left wrist. These come and go but normally one gives me grief every day.
No point going to the doctor as the pains are so random, he'll just tell me I'm getting old, which I am so not ready to accept at just 56. A previous doctor told me at just 45 that I was too old to be running and I want to be the 70 year old fit gran we saw running every day we were recently in Turkey!
A bit of research says that reduced oestrogen levels can cause joint pain and this can be helped by increasing your intake of phyto oestrogen.
Has anyone tried this? What have you eaten/taken? And importantly did it work?
For the last 8 weeks I have been taking tumeric as this is reported as helping with joint inflamation and it seems to be kicking in slowly, the pain is easing to a dull ache and doesn't interfer with my sleeping (at the moment!), but I still feel a bit stiff.
Many thanks