aching joints during perimenopause
The female hormone, estrogen affects joints by keeping inflammation down, therefore, as estrogen levels begin to decline during perimenopause, joints get less and less estrogen and pain is often the result.oint pain is defined as pain/ache, stiffness or swelling in or around a joint. Menopause joint pain is usually associated with osteoporosis and arthritis. Osteoporosis â thinning of the bone due to the inability of the body to produce bone tissue.