Dr. Vonda Wright

There's something called arthralgia, which is total body pain, meaning your body hurts so much that you can't even get out of bed. That was one of the biggest things I had. I'm an athlete, and I could barely get out of bed because I was so inflamed due to the lack of estrogen. Estrogen is a huge anti-inflammatory agent. So I was totally inflamed. My body hurt. That's called arthralgia.

There's something called arthralgia, which is total body pain, meaning your body hurts so much that you can't even get out of bed. That was one of the biggest things I had. I'm an athlete, and I could barely get out of bed because I was so inflamed due to the lack of estrogen. Estrogen is a huge anti-inflammatory agent. So I was totally inflamed. My body hurt. That's called arthralgia.

Women come in, and I'm not kidding. They come in and they say, my arm won't move. Literally, it won't move. Or I can't hook my bra. That is due to the inflammation of losing estrogen. In Asian cultures, it's called the 50-year-old woman shoulder because it happens to 50-year-old women. It is a sign of the inflammation of losing estrogen.

Women come in, and I'm not kidding. They come in and they say, my arm won't move. Literally, it won't move. Or I can't hook my bra. That is due to the inflammation of losing estrogen. In Asian cultures, it's called the 50-year-old woman shoulder because it happens to 50-year-old women. It is a sign of the inflammation of losing estrogen.

We know about sarcopenia, the loss of lean muscle mass, about 20% when you lose your estrogen. We've talked about loss of bone density. We have increased incidence of tendon and ligament problems, Achilles tendon, tennis elbow, patellar tendon, because the collagen fibers of tendon and ligament have estrogen receptors on them. And so everything starts to work less well

We know about sarcopenia, the loss of lean muscle mass, about 20% when you lose your estrogen. We've talked about loss of bone density. We have increased incidence of tendon and ligament problems, Achilles tendon, tennis elbow, patellar tendon, because the collagen fibers of tendon and ligament have estrogen receptors on them. And so everything starts to work less well

without the presence of estrogen. So I saw all of those things and we gathered the world's data, which isn't a lot. A lot more research needs to be done. And we gave it a nomenclature. We called it and published it as the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause. Because I tell you for sure, Stephen,

without the presence of estrogen. So I saw all of those things and we gathered the world's data, which isn't a lot. A lot more research needs to be done. And we gave it a nomenclature. We called it and published it as the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause. Because I tell you for sure, Stephen,

If someone goes into their doctor's office, which in this country is so restricted in the time that we can spend, and says, I have this and this and this and this and this, six things in 15 minutes, it is difficult to get through that. But if someone comes with a nomenclature of, I think I have the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause, my arm doesn't move, blah, blah, blah.

If someone goes into their doctor's office, which in this country is so restricted in the time that we can spend, and says, I have this and this and this and this and this, six things in 15 minutes, it is difficult to get through that. But if someone comes with a nomenclature of, I think I have the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause, my arm doesn't move, blah, blah, blah.

Immediately, you don't have to go through a differential diagnosis of 600 things. You're like, oh, as a doctor. This paper on the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause has currently been downloaded almost 300,000 times. And to put that in context...

Immediately, you don't have to go through a differential diagnosis of 600 things. You're like, oh, as a doctor. This paper on the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause has currently been downloaded almost 300,000 times. And to put that in context...

Some of the biggest journals in the world, medical journals in the world, documented, they did a survey of how many times their best articles had been downloaded. The best scientific journals, their articles are downloaded about 10,000 times. This musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause has been downloaded nearly 300,000, and it's not because... Yes, it's a good paper.

Some of the biggest journals in the world, medical journals in the world, documented, they did a survey of how many times their best articles had been downloaded. The best scientific journals, their articles are downloaded about 10,000 times. This musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause has been downloaded nearly 300,000, and it's not because... Yes, it's a good paper.

The need is so great, Stephen, to communicate what the heck is going on with people that I made it open access, meaning you don't have to pay to get this article. And I encourage people to Google it, it'll come up number one, to print it, to read it, to give it to your doctors so that they can understand that you're highly inflamed. That's why your total body hurts.

The need is so great, Stephen, to communicate what the heck is going on with people that I made it open access, meaning you don't have to pay to get this article. And I encourage people to Google it, it'll come up number one, to print it, to read it, to give it to your doctors so that they can understand that you're highly inflamed. That's why your total body hurts.

That your shoulder doesn't move because you're inflamed. That your knee hurts because you have the arthritis of menopause. And just to build the understanding of what is actually going on with people.

That your shoulder doesn't move because you're inflamed. That your knee hurts because you have the arthritis of menopause. And just to build the understanding of what is actually going on with people.

I know. It's amazing.

I know. It's amazing.