Eps 416: Chronic Pain in Women Over 40: What’s Really Going On with Stacey Roberts
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Bria Gadd discusses chronic pain in women over 40 with Stacey Roberts, exploring its connections to hormones, inflammation, and gut health.
The aches and pains that show up in perimenopause are often brushed off as “just aging.” Lately, I’ve been hearing from so many women who feel like their bodies suddenly changed overnight. The stiff shoulders, aching joints, sore hips, random pains after workouts, or waking up feeling uncomfortable from simply sleeping the “wrong” way. In this conversation, I sat down with Stacey Roberts to unpack why chronic pain and joint issues become so common in midlife and why it may have far more to do with hormones, inflammation, gut health, stress, and the nervous system than most women realize. Episode Timeline: 00:00 - Why Everything Suddenly Hurts 01:44 - Stacey’s Knee Injury Story 04:48 - Arthritis Without Pain 06:54 - Hormones And Joint Pain 11:15 - Stress Makes Pain Worse 15:08 - The Gut-Joint Connection 18:01 - Leaky Gut And Arthritis 20:05 - Food Triggers Chronic Pain 23:32 - Food Sensitivity Testing Explained 24:42 - Frozen Shoulder In Midlife 27:36 - Why Frozen Shoulder Happens 30:20 - Biggest Frozen Shoulder Mistake 31:38 - Understanding Hypermobility 36:03 - Stress And Chronic Pain 37:52 - Nervous System And Inflammation 38:53 - First Steps To Relief 41:32 - Daily…
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