Why Foot Pain Often Starts in Midlife
If your foot pain seemed to come out of nowhere in your 40s or 50s, you're not imagining it. And it's not just "getting older."
During perimenopause and menopause, estrogen levels begin to decline. Estrogen plays a quiet but important role in your body, including in foot health. It supports collagen production (which keeps the plantar fascia elastic) and helps maintain the natural fat pads that cushion your heels.
As estrogen drops, both can change. Connective tissue can become less flexible. The cushioning under your heel can thin. And suddenly, the feet that carried you for decades start hurting in ways they never have before.
That's why 65% of women experience musculoskeletal symptoms during menopause, and why plantar fasciitis is most common between the ages of 40 and 60, exactly when many women are navigating these hormonal changes.
Most insoles weren't built with this in mind. Ours are.