Regular physical activity and limiting sedentary lifestyles are particularly important during menopause, a period when bones become fragile. One form of physical activity, in particular, can slow down this loss of bone density: muscle strengthening.
Menopause affects women down to their bones, which is why it is particularly important to strengthen skeletal health during this period and even before, during perimenopause. As a reminder, estrogens are female hormones that act on many tissues in the female body. After menopause, their levels decrease significantly since the ovaries stop producing them. The tissues that were sensitive to them undergo various changes, including atrophy, for example in the skin, mucous membranes and skeleton. As Inserm specifies on this subject, “menopausal women are often exposed to bone loss that leads to a decrease in their bone mineral density (BMD), promoting the onset of osteoporosis. This pathology is two to three times more common in menopausal women than in men of the same age. This results in a higher risk of fractures. Among women who are 50 today, one in three or four will have a fragility fracture by the end of their lives.”
It is important to know how to preserve bone strength before and during this period, and one of the most effective measures in this area is none other than physical activity. And one form of training would prove all the more essential: weightlifting, a so-called “weight-bearing” sport because you stand with a weight carried…
- Femina.fr
