Joint pain is very common during peri and menopause. It affects up to 50% of women, especially during the perimenopausal and early postmenopausal years. It wasn’t a well recognised symptom until more recent years and I’m afraid to say I probably missed it many times in my early days as a GP 🤨. Women may tell us they are achey as part of the symptom range or Often women will suddenly realise when they get on HRT they feel overall less achey. Why it happens: ✅Oestrogen has anti-inflammatory effec