A short YouTube video by Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter advocating attention to hormone balance — specifically bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) — as part of treating joint pain. Key claims: BHRT is safe, reduces risks like osteoporosis, acts as an anti-inflammatory (estrogen and testosterone), aids tissue healing, increases muscle strength and exercise capacity, and improves joint lubrication when hormone levels are low.
It significantly reduces risks of things like osteoporosis.
Another big part of what we do is we use, we really pay attention to your hormones. We use bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, and that's because hormones are critical for your healing. Your joint pain can actually be due to a hormone imbalance. You know, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, when it's, you know, it's very safe. I know that there's some debate about that that's been proven to be safe over and over and over. It significantly reduces risks of things like osteoporosis. Estrogen and testosterone help you be very potent anti inflammatories in your system. They also help you heal the actual tissues that we're trying to heal, and they improve your muscle strength and your ability to work out. And we know that hormone fluctuations, particularly estrogen and testosterone, when they get really low, your joints aren't very well lubricated.
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