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Menopause and Lower Back Pain: How Are They Related?

Menopause significantly lowers the estrogen levels, bone health. Inputs of back pain post-menopause by Mehta Spine, back pain surgeon in UK<br>

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Menopause and Lower Back Pain: How Are They Related?

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  1. Menopause and Lower Back Pain: How Are They Related?

  2. Menopause and Lower Back Pain: How Are They Related? Depletion of Estrogen and Vitamin D – Impact on bone health: • Estrogen plays a prominent role inmaintaining bone health in the human body. • It slows the breakdown of the bone and encourage the activity of osteoblasts which are responsible for the growth of bone. • Estrogen is also responsible for maintaining optimal health of collagen tissues (that make intervertebral discs). • Menopause significantly lowers the estrogen levels in women which does show its effect on the bone health of the women.

  3. Menopause and Lower Back Pain: How Are They Related? • Lowered estrogen levels increase the risk of osteoporosis in women which surge the risk of injury. • Menopause also negatively affects the health of the intervertebral discs (collagen tissues), thus increasing the risk of degenerative bone diseases. • Menopause is also found to lower the Vitamin D levels in the body which further deteriorate the body’s ability to maintain optimal bone health.

  4. Menopause and Lower Back Pain: How Are They Related? Dipping Vitamin D Levels Post-Menopause – How does it affect bone health in women?

  5. Menopause and Lower Back Pain: How Are They Related?

  6. Menopause and Lower Back Pain: How Are They Related?

  7. Contact us • Royal Orthopaedic Hospital • BMI The Priory Hospital • Spire Parkway Hospital • Bromsgrove Private Clinic • Birmingham Childrens Hospital

  8. Contact and Connect • Clinical secretary: SamanthaLeavy +44 785 021 1939 • Medico-legal secretary: JanClarke +44 121 4508928 • Spire Parkway Hospital: 0121 704 5500 • BMI NEC (National Enquiry Centre): 0808 101 0337 • BMI Priory: 0121 446 1638 • Email: secretary@mehtaspine.co.uk • The appointments are booked through the clinic

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