233: The Important Connection Between Joint Pain and Hormones with Dr. Angela Cortal

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today I am joined by Dr. Angela Cortal! Dr. Cortal is a Naturopathic Doctor from the West Coast with a focus on joint pain and chronic pain mitigation in her practice. She is also the best-selling author of the new book,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Younger Joints Today</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. She is incredibly passionate about reversing degenerative joint disease by addressing the root causes.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Even if you don’t experience joint pain or chronic pain, I still highly recommend that you listen up and tune in! Dr. Cortal’s message of addressing the root cause of chronic pain rather than covering it up with medication is so, so important.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our conversation today is really about the things that we can do to improve our capacity to heal post-injury, as well as what we can do to mitigate the chronic pain that we all begin to naturally experience as we age. Dr. Cortal addresses the relationship between our hormones and our increased propensity for injury and increased capacity to feel pain; the choices that we can make every single day (regardless of our age) to mitigate chronic pain as we progress through life; and what we can do to keep our bodies feeling and performing at their best.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This conversation is extremely invaluable for everybody and I highly recommend you tune in!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[1:19] About today’s episode.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[3:25] Welcoming Dr. Angela Cortal to the podcast!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[4:00] Dr. Cortal shares her backstory and what led her to become incredibly passionate about chronic pain.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[7:40] How are we still at a place, with the evolution of medicine, where people are experiencing pain?