Hot Flash! - Pain Mini Episode

Hot Flash!

A series of bonus mini episodes covering common, yet frequently overlooked or misunderstood, symptoms of perimenopause.

Join me as I review one of the most underappreciated body changes of perimenopause - pain!  Yay!  In this episode we talk about how the shifting hormones of perimenopause can alter our pain perception, cause new pain syndromes to start and/or worsen existing pain patterns.  Most folks don’t realize this is totally a thing.  Take a listen to learn more and dig into some possible strategies for addressing these changes.  

Frozen Shoulder:
Frozen Shoulder Syndrome and Menopause: Our Secret Pain No One Talks About | National Menopause Association

Hormones and pain: 
https://journals.lww.com/pain/Fulltext/2014/12000/Ovarian_hormones_and_chronic_pain__A_comprehensive.5.aspx

Inequities in Women’s Health research: 
Addressing inequalities in women's health research (contemporaryobgyn.net)

Fibromyalgia and melatonin: 
Melatonin in the treatment of fibromyalgia symptoms: A systematic review - PubMed (nih.gov)

Insomnia and pain: 
https://researchoutreach.org/articles/bidirectional-relationship-between-chronic-pain-insomnia/

MHT for pain: 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20537472/

Tai Chi for pain management in perimenopause: 
Tai Chi Exercise for the Quality of Life in a Perimenopausal Women Organization: A Systematic Review - PubMed (nih.gov)

Physical fitness and pain: 
Association of objectively measured physical activity and physical fitness with menopause symptoms. The Flamenco Project - PubMed (nih.gov)

Exercise and pain: 
Effects of physical exercise on health-related quality of life and blood lipids in perimenopausal women: a randomized placebo-controlled trial - PubMed (nih.gov)

Acupuncture and pain:
https://www.evidencebasedacupuncture.org/pain/

Sauna for pain:
The effects of repeated thermal therapy for patients with chronic pain - PubMed (nih.gov)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7713799/

Epsom Salt: 
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/7-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-epsom-salt/