Dealing With Menopause? Hormone Therapy May Provide Relief
Do you suspect that you are in the early stages of menopause? If you’re experiencing hot flashes, mood swings, night sweats, or other issues that seem to have popped up overnight, chances are that your body’s hormone levels are changing/becoming imbalanced.
Therapy Fit Physical Therapy in Frisco, Prosper and West Frisco, TX is proud to be a provider of hormone therapy for a variety of conditions, including menopause. To learn more about how we can provide relief from your symptoms, contact our clinic in Frisco, Prosper or West Frisco, TX today and schedule an appointment.
What is menopause and why does it occur?
Menopause is a natural part of life that every woman goes through from the ages of 45 to 54. It is the period of 12 months following a woman’s final menstrual cycle, and although it usually occurs on its own, it can be triggered by external factors such as a surgical operation.
As a woman ages, they experience significant changes in their bodies. These changes directly affect the production of the two female hormones: estrogen and progesterone.
Estrogen and progesterone are what regulates the menstrual cycle and also what allows a woman to have a normal, healthy pregnancy. These hormones are produced by the ovaries. Before menopause starts (the period known as perimenopause), the ovaries begin to shrink. Perimenopause lasts many years before menopause starts.
The levels of estrogen and progesterone fluctuate because your ovaries are attempting to keep up a regular production of hormones. This results in women experiencing irregular menstrual cycles, or exceptionally heavy, painful bleeding during a period, which can last for a long time before menopause actually begins.
Symptoms of menopause
There are many different symptoms of menopause, but the most commonly experienced ones are as follows:
- Night sweats
- Hot flashes
- Urinary tract infections
- Painful intercourse
- Vaginal dryness
- Mood swings
- Insomnia
- Memory issues
If you are having any of these symptoms, it’s important to see your doctor to confirm whether or not you’re experiencing the menopausal transition.
How can hormone therapy help?
Menopause may be a natural part of life, but that doesn’t mean you have to deal with the side effects of your bodily changes on your own.
Hormone therapy at Therapy Fit Physical Therapy in Frisco, Prosper and West Frisco, TX can help to alleviate some of the nagging side effects that accompany menopause, especially the more inconvenient ones such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness.
During your first appointment, you’ll sit down with a physical therapist to talk through your symptoms and medical history. Based on your discussion, your physical therapist will decide which labs to order and walk you through what to expect next. He’ll also help you to understand exactly why the hormonal imbalances are occurring.
Once your lab results come back, we will thoroughly review the results with you. Depending on these results, we will create a custom-tailored plan of natural hormone therapy—also referred to as “bio-identical hormone therapy”—that you can begin immediately. The hormones in bio-identical hormone therapy creams help because they are chemically identical to the hormones your body produces.
Hormone therapy has been known to help many women dealing with menopause gain relief from side effects. Although this part of a woman’s life may be uncomfortable and uncertain at times, rest assured that you’re in good hands at our Frisco, Prosper and West Frisco, TX clinic.
Call us today to schedule an appointment
Allow Therapy Fit to help you gain much-needed relief from menopausal side effects. Call our clinic today to learn more about the benefits of hormone therapy, and to find out if it’s the best route of treatment for you.
