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by Shari Shari's Go-To Pose I feel a little foolish presenting this topic because until quite recently I didn�t associate my various injuries or aches and pains as part of menopause. I didn�t really connect the dots; I just figured that I must be doing something wrong to cause myself injury. This has really come home to roost with my current knee injury that could be something I might have to address with surgical intervention! And my conversations with Nina about menopause prompted me to take a closer look at this problem that isn�t just my own personal issue. It turns out there is actually a term for this experience: arthralgia. A diagnoses of arthralgia is given when the joints become swollen, stiff or painful during menopause. Joint pain associated with menopause is also referred to as �menopause arthritis.� It can affect hips, knees, back and extremities (how about the whole body?).  In the journal "Semin Arthritis Rheum 2009," the researchers state that genetic alte...