69 | Why Biomechanics and Hormones Beat Joint Pain

What if the new pain that showed up out of nowhere actually started with an injury you had years ago?Stacey Roberts woke up one morning to searing heel pain with no injury to explain it. As a physical therapist of 30-plus years, she recognized plantar fasciitis right away. What surprised her was the real cause.She traces it back to a knee injury months earlier and the way her body had quietly compensated ever since. She explains how faulty movement patterns, a tight calf, and shifting hormones in perimenopause and menopause can team up to create pain that seems to come from nowhere.If you are active again in your late 30s to 60s and pain keeps popping up, this episode shows why chasing the sore spot or reaching for hormones first can miss the real trigger. Listen now.Timestamped Highlights00:01:29 The polka move at a family wedding that changed everything00:02:21 Why Stacey said no to the knee replacement her doctor pushed00:03:19 The morning heel pain hit like a nail through the foot00:04:16 What plantar fasciitis really is, and the tug-of-war behind it00:05:51 The quiet compensation pattern that set the whole thing off00:07:35 How hormones sneak into the joint pain conversation00:09:05 The rubber band that explains what estrogen does for your tissue00:12:54 Why reaching for hormones first can be the wrong move00:14:46 New pain with no injury? Where to actually look00:16:31 Pickleball, weekend warriors, and the niggly injuries that follow00:20:08 The scratch on your hand that explains how healing really works00:21:46 The one trigger behind 70 to 80 percent of the pain she seesResourcesSoftWave therapy, used in Stacey's clinic to help accelerate tissue healingStacey's plantar fasciitis program, the movement and exercise approach she used to resolve her own heel pain.Important LinksPain-Free Formula Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pain-free-formula/id1802518411Free eBooks - https://newyouhealthandwellness.com/ebooksBiomechanics: When Movement MattersHeal Your Gut, Heal Your Pain - The Gut Joint Axis: A Missing Link to Joint and Muscle HealthHormones: A Missing Piece in Pain ReliefStacey’s Book on Amazon - https://www.amazon.ca/Pain-Free-Formula-Solving-Injections/dp/0998183717New You Health and Wellness Website - https://newyouhealthandwellness.comThe Pain-Free Formula Podcast is brought to you by Stacey Roberts. Production and editing by Podcast Your Brand.About the HostStacey Roberts, PT, MBA, MSN, RN, is an Amazon bestselling author, physical therapist, registered nurse, and functional medicine specialist with 30+ years of experience. She founded and runs New You Health and Wellness in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Her program, detailed in her book, The Pain-Free Formula, Solving The Puzzle of Muscle and Joint Pain Without Surgery, Drugs or Injections, has helped thousands overcome chronic pain and reclaim their vitality.Medical DisclaimerInformation in this program, as well as any information provided by New You Health and Wellness and its subsidiaries, is provided for informational purposes only. This information is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by a licensed physician or other healthcare professional, or any information contained on or in any product label or packaging that we s