Estrogen is a natural hormone in the female body. As we age, we all experience a gradual loss of estrogen and the rate at which we lose estrogen increases as we reach our menopause years. One of the roles that estrogen plays in our bodies is to help maintain the integrity of our muscular and connective tissue. Lower estrogen levels can have the most dramatic effect on those tissues that have a higher concentration of estrogen receptors. Among other places in our body, estrogen receptors can be...