What Fresh Hell Is This? Perimenopause & Menopause from a Musculoskeletal Perspective

Have you ever felt something in your body that no one could quite explain?

Joints that ache for no reason. Injuries that don’t quite make sense. Workouts that used to feel easy but now wipe you out. A body that suddenly feels foreign.

Join Tara Findlay, Registered Massage Therapist and menopause educator, as she helps make heads and tails of what fresh hell is happening in our bodies during the menopause transition.

Through humour, stories, practical insights, and current research, Tara will explore the often-overlooked musculoskeletal changes that can occur during perimenopause and menopause, why they happen, and what we can do to help manage them.

You’ll leave with a better understanding of what’s happening in your body, the language to describe it, and practical concepts to help you stay active and doing the things you love.

Registration is required! Email publicservices@whistlerlibrary.ca to sign up.

About the presenter:

Tara Findlay is a Registered Massage Therapist of 26 years, a menopause educator, public speaker, & advocate based in Whistler, BC.

After experiencing her own challenging transition through chemical menopause, an emergency hysterectomy, and perimenopause, Tara became passionate about helping women understand the often-overlooked musculoskeletal & neuroendocrine changes that can occur during midlife.

She is the co-creator of The Comprehensive Guide to Perimenopause & Menopause for Healthcare Practitioners and has taught healthcare professionals across Canada about the Musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause, & neuroendocrine transition of Menopause, menopause literacy, and collaborative perimenopause-informed midlife care.

Tara believes women deserve evidence-informed information, practical tools, and the reassurance that they are not imagining what they are experiencing.