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What do you ladies use for joints?
I’m 34, overweight, and I have PCOS and endo. However, even prior to gaining weight, I noticed that my knees were protesting at work (I work a physical job with lots of up and down). Now every time I have to kneel down my knees make a bunch of obvious pops, and with each forward movement on my knees, they make crackling sounds. I also spent about a year on Lupron when I was 15/16, so not sure if that’s related.
Obviously losing weight will help some, but that could take a while. In the meantime what supplements should I be taking for my joints?
Honestly I could actually see that being the case here. I used to do some pretty stupid and aggressive lunges to strengthen my thigh muscles. I would majorly overdo them.
Yeah, I fenced in high school and college, then ended up in a career that involved a lot of heavy lifting. Part of our physical agility test involved carrying 70lb up and down a staircase backwards, if that's any indication of the wear and tear my knees experienced.
Might be worth discussing it with your GP if it's troublesome. They can be fixed with arthroscopic surgery; I had it done as a part of some major knee surgeries, but I think a meniscus tear alone isn't a surgery that takes a lot of recovery time.