Summary: How can I help my menopause symptoms naturally? — In a world where Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is suddenly being promoted to almost every midlife woman, even those with no menopause symptoms at all, many are left wondering what we’re not being told — and whether there are safer, more natural ways to support the body. In this blog, we explore why HRT is making such a strong comeback, the risks that are often overlooked, and how natural alternatives to HRT, including Systematic Kinesiology, can offer personalised support for menopause without overriding the body’s natural rhythms.
What we may not know about
HRT — Why is HRT being given to women even without any symptoms?
In recent years, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) has made a major comeback and is being promoted it seems to anyone and everyone. I have had countless ladies come into my clinic for other reasons and ask me about HRT as they have been offered it by their doctor and often with no symptoms at all. One of my regular clients I saw last week (with no menopausal symptoms) said that she had been advised to go on it by her doctor for bone density and longevity. A client I have been working with for over 20years literally came in yesterday and said she had been to a health hack conference which was raving about HRT and she was wondering if she should get on it out of fear of missing the boat! Again she is symptom free. Sadly another client who did have menopausal symptoms chose to take HRT and then developed breast cancer a few years later. Interestingly immediately after diagnoses the doctors told her she must come off the HRT. These are just a few very recent cases.
Around twenty years ago HRT was shunned and put away in the cupboard after studies linked it to increased risks of breast cancer and heart disease, it’s now been rebranded as a “protective” preventive treatment for nearly all women entering midlife. But what’s behind this renewed push — and what aren’t we being told?
Why did the Narrative Change?
Twenty years ago , the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study sent shockwaves through the medical community. It linked long-term HRT use with higher risks of breast cancer, blood clots, and strokes. Prescriptions plummeted almost overnight.
But in the past 10 years, the story has changed. Now, we’re told HRT can help prevent osteoporosis, protect the heart, and even preserve cognitive function which is very on trend at the moment with everyone fearing the rise in Alzheimer’s/dementia. So doctors are now recommending HRT even for women who have no hot flushes or any menopausal discomfort at all.
So what happened?
Re-analyses of the WHI data suggested that timing matters so women who start HRT closer to menopause (under age 60, within 10 years of their last period) appear to have fewer risks and may even see benefits. This is now known as the “timing hypothesis.” However the give away is in the name. A hypothesis is an educated guess or proposed explanation for something.
So due to the above hypothesis and rebranding the pendulum has swung way too far the other way. Many medical journals and women’s health organizations now receive funding from pharmaceutical companies that manufacture bioidentical and synthetic hormones. This has been promoted/advertised and blown up on social media, so every middle aged women believes they need it.
What we are Rarely Told About HRT
HRT may seem like a magic cure BUT it’s not. As with any mediation it turns off/covers over symptoms with a sticky plaster not ever dealing with the imbalance within that is causing the problems.
Here are some facts often glossed over or not ever mentioned in GP visits.
- HRT doesn’t stop aging — it merely artificially replaces what is naturally declining. But what we don’t always realise is that hormonal changes as we get older are a natural process and how it should be. Plus if the body’s chemistry and other hormonal functions are balanced there will be no symptoms when periods stop.
- Breast cancer risk still increases with long-term combined (estrogen + progestogen) therapy, even with the newer formulations.
- Cardiovascular protection is still debatable. Any benefits are not consistent.
- Liver metabolism, clotting risk, and gallbladder strain still occur with oral forms or HRT.
- Stopping HRT in my clinical experience usually brings symptoms back big time so many women stay on it longer than planned as can’t come off without all the discomfort returning.
- Individual genetics and detox pathways affect how each woman handles supplemental hormones. One size does not fit all.
Also when we actually look at what we are doing when we take HRT it dosent make any sense. We are putting hormones that were supposed to be active when we were young (child bearing years) into an older body that does not need them anymore. So forcing them back in, in a natural holistic view is incongruent to having good health in latter years.
Why is HRT being Pushed on Women without Symptoms?
There are several reasons HRT is now being recommended more widely — even for those who feel fine:
- Preventive framing: The new narrative sells HRT as a “health optimizer,” not just symptom relief.
- Pharmaceutical revival: Patents on newer formulations (like transdermal patches or bioidenticals) have revived the market. Big income for big pharma.
- Medicalisation of menopause: Natural midlife changes are increasingly seen as conditions requiring management rather than natural transitions.
- Reinterpreting Data : Selective citation of studies emphasizing benefits over risks to sell it to the public.
Another big concern is that HRT risk conversations are either not fully happening or not happening at all.
Women need an informed choice, not fear based knee jerk decisions. Doctors appointments are often too short for any deep discussions and also rarely address lifestyle, diet, emotional stress adrenal health, or natural alternatives that can ease and balance the natural hormonal changes within.
How can Systematic Kinesiology help my Menopause?
Within Systematic Kinesiology there are multiple ways to support hormonal, bone, heart, and brain health. We can test and balance hormones and look at addressing emotional stress, brain fog, memory, sleep issues, muscle and bone health, hot flushes and anxiety. Thousands of women have been helped with SK and my wish is that every woman would consider this before jumping onto HRT.
Emotionally: Emotional stress release, trauma release, memory/cognitive concerns, releasing the ‘what if’s’ for anxiety and/or anger (we don’t feel the right to have) for depression.
Chemically: Bespoke nutritional testing for deficiencies. Diet and lifestyle that is right for us individually. Cutting the main four inflammatory offenders out of our diet and replacing with highly beneficial foods. Balancing our hormones naturally with a hormone shake that TASK have successfully used for 45 years which has helped thousands of women get their life back into balance without HRT or after having taken it.
Physically: Balancing muscles and tone, the right individual exercises to strengthen our structure. Rebounding to support our lymphatic system. Supporting the connective tissues that holds us all together inside and out.
Energetically: Dispersing over energy which often causes pain or excess heat. Finding and correcting energy drains. Balancing our meridian energy flow for optimum organ health and vibrant energy.
Testing and taking a bespoke nutritional programme together with the above treatments, dietary and lifestyle changes, symptoms start to rebalance quickly and over 3-6 treatments usually completely drop away.
Empowered Menopause Care
If you are considering HRT we suggest
- Get to know and understand your body – not to knee jerk react with fear/panic or feeling hopeless (help is at hand)
- Explore natural alternatives to HRT first, like Systematic Kinesiology and lifestyle support, before considering hormone therapy.
- Request baseline hormone and metabolic tests. These could then be rechecked after natural rebalancing.
- Research the generic risks further and also risks that may be specific to family history, genetics and your particular lifestyle.
Menopause is not a disease to be fixed. It is a natural stage of life that deserves respect, balance, and personalised care.
- To consult your nearest Systematic Kinesiologist please go to our Online Systematic kinesiology Register
- To read other posts on the topic of menopause: Embracing Menopause: A Natural, Holistic Path to Balance