Managing Arthritis in Active Peri & Menopausal Women with Ashley Austin, MD (Episode 170)

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Fitness, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.9 • 769 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Wear and tear on our active joints is inevitable, and the menopause transition can make them more vulnerable. But there are some simple, and often overlooked, ways to support our joint health that include proper nutrition, recovery, strength and mobility practices, footwear and more, which can help us stay active and pain free through and beyond menopause. This week we break it all down with sports medicine physician Dr. Ashley Austin.

Ashley V. Austin, MD, is Assistant Attending Physician at the Hospital for Special Surgery. She graduated cum laude from the University of Evansville where she played Division I basketball and was an all-conference offensive and defensive player. Dr. Austin completed her family medicine residency at the University of Virginia and completed a fellowship in primary care sports medicine at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA). After fellowship, she remained on faculty at the University of Washington as an Assistant Professor. She also served as the Co-Director of Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Physiology for the School of Medicine and Faculty Liaison for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Austin has covered sports at all levels including high school, National Ski Patrol, the WNBA and MLB. Her hobbies include high-altitude mountaineering and hiking, playing tennis, basketball, and soccer, snowboarding, and learning to surf. You can learn more about her and her work at www.hss.edu.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.6	I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform you best no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:31.3	Hello, strong, feisty women.
0:34.0	I hope you all are well.
0:36.2	So I have gotten a few requests via the speakpipe voicemail system to do a show on arthritis.
0:44.8	And that's a good one.
0:46.4	We've done some on joint health for sure with Dr. Vonda Wright.
0:50.4	But I've never really sat down and done a full show just on arthritis. And it's important
0:56.7	because as the saying goes, we're only as strong as our weakest links. And for many of us,
1:02.2	that's our joints. And our joints do get more susceptible with age and through the menopause
1:08.3	transition. So here we are.
1:11.2	I am bringing you a show on arthritis.
1:13.6	I hit up my friends at the hospital for special surgery in New York, which is the number one
1:19.6	ranked hospital in the U.S. for orthopedics.
1:21.7	And they connected me with this week's guest, sports medicine physician Dr. Ashley Austin.
1:29.1	And man, she was awesome.
1:31.9	She's not only an incredible doctor who specializes in treating women as well as acute
1:37.8	overuse and chronic musculoskeletal injuries in joints like shoulders, hips, knees, hands,
1:44.9	wrists, elbows, but she hands, wrists, elbows.
1:48.2	But she's also incredibly active herself. She played Division I basketball, and she still plays the game, along with tennis and soccer,
1:55.7	snowboarding, surfing, home improvement projects, high altitude mountaineering and hiking, you name it. So
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