Dr. Vonda Wright

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Well, you know what? Research is a team effort and we all work together. But thank you. It's needed.

Well, you know what? Research is a team effort and we all work together. But thank you. It's needed.

Yes, I did.

Yes, I did.

Oh, who does? There are two kinds of arthritis. There's an autoimmune, meaning your body is identifying yourself as not yourself. And that's called rheumatoid arthritis. That is very different than the way I used it today, which is osteoarthritis, which is wear and tear arthritis.

Oh, who does? There are two kinds of arthritis. There's an autoimmune, meaning your body is identifying yourself as not yourself. And that's called rheumatoid arthritis. That is very different than the way I used it today, which is osteoarthritis, which is wear and tear arthritis.

So wear and tear arthritis can happen through thousands and thousands of repetition on a joint. We were talking earlier about running. It's a thousand steps a mile. It can happen due to trauma.

So wear and tear arthritis can happen through thousands and thousands of repetition on a joint. We were talking earlier about running. It's a thousand steps a mile. It can happen due to trauma.

I have a lot of, I used to take care of the University of Pittsburgh football team and I had a lot of 20-year-olds with knee arthritis because the impact was so great as linemen hit each other that they would wear out their cartilage. So wear and tear arthritis, osteoarthritis, is loss of the cartilage layer on the end of bone. It causes aching pain. It causes swelling. It causes stiffness.

I have a lot of, I used to take care of the University of Pittsburgh football team and I had a lot of 20-year-olds with knee arthritis because the impact was so great as linemen hit each other that they would wear out their cartilage. So wear and tear arthritis, osteoarthritis, is loss of the cartilage layer on the end of bone. It causes aching pain. It causes swelling. It causes stiffness.

And then to the degree that you have it, we can treat you conservatively through a variety of ways, or at the end of the road, we can replace your joints.

And then to the degree that you have it, we can treat you conservatively through a variety of ways, or at the end of the road, we can replace your joints.

Here's what I'm telling you. I'm telling you that every musculoskeletal tissue has alpha and beta estrogen receptors. We know that when those sit empty, you will manifest some of the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause. 80% of us do. What I'm telling you is that

Here's what I'm telling you. I'm telling you that every musculoskeletal tissue has alpha and beta estrogen receptors. We know that when those sit empty, you will manifest some of the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause. 80% of us do. What I'm telling you is that

Estrogen sitting in those receptors can prevent bone loss, can prevent muscle loss, can decrease the inflammation of arthralgia and frozen shoulder. So everyone gets to make their own decision. People are thinking beings. They have agency. They get to make that decision to get out of pain and to prevent the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause based on science and not fear.

Estrogen sitting in those receptors can prevent bone loss, can prevent muscle loss, can decrease the inflammation of arthralgia and frozen shoulder. So everyone gets to make their own decision. People are thinking beings. They have agency. They get to make that decision to get out of pain and to prevent the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause based on science and not fear.

Yeah. How do they live? Not like this, right? They squat. Yes.

Yeah. How do they live? Not like this, right? They squat. Yes.