Joint pain that occurs before menstruation is a bear to deal with. Sometimes there is redness that goes along with the pain – and that can be embarrassing as well. Sometimes the joint swells as well. If the joint is in your toe, it can cause so much inflammation that you may not be able to wear your shoes.

If the joint affected is in your knee or hip, it can affect your ability to walk. And if the joint affected is in your back or neck, your ability to drive is affected because you can’t twist and turn as needed during driving.

There are 6 big causes of joint pain before your period:

1. Low levels of omega 3 fats in the body

2. Vitamin D deficiency

3. Food sensitivities

4. Hormonal fluctuations

5. Poor diet

6. Poor nutritional status

For example, if you have been eating a lot of foods with soy oil, corn oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil, vegetable oil or canola oil, these foods are super high in omega 6 fats. These fats end up lowering the good omega 3 fats you need for good health. The omega 3 fats are from fish oil, fish livers, and grass-fed beef. High levels of omega 6 cause joint inflammation and pain but as little as 2000 mg omega 3 fats daily will cause a decrease in the pain.

Joint pains before your period – and the rest of the month can be an indication that you have a vitamin D deficiency. The deficiency also causes problems with back pain, another common PMS symptom.

The way to find out if you have a deficiency is to first see if your doctor will run a vitamin D test. Then if your levels are less than 50 ug/dl, you will need to supplement with vitamin D. You’ll need the highest dosage of supplements – 10,000 IU per day for 3 months if your levels are less than 30 ug/dl.

Food sensitivities are another cause of joint pain. The proteins in foods you eat clump up with immune system immunoglobulins and can end up in the joints. They travel in the bloodstream to get to your joints. Food sensitivities may be the result of poor digestion.

Hormonal fluctuations are also a cause of joint pain, but many people make the mistake of adding more hormones – and they’re usually synthetic. There could be severe joint pain before your period – and it could be in the knee, leg, hip, hand, finger, SI joint, or in the spine. Your body creates its own hormones and then breaks them down. If estrogen levels are too high, then it means your liver isn’t breaking them down enough.

Poor diet is another cause of joint pains before period. Poor diet causes nutritional imbalances. Many people don’t understand that the lack of vegetables and fruits in the diet brings about a lack of hundreds of medicinal constituents in the body that can create good health. If you don’t eat enough protein, your joints can’t remodel themselves properly. If you don’t eat enough of the right fat in the diet, you’ll get the fats that will cause inflammation in the joints.

Poor nutritional status is also closely tied to symptoms related to joint pain. Low levels of pantothenic acid, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, vitamin B6, boron and selenium will cause joint pains. Are you getting enough of them? Taking a multivitamin mineral or period vitamin can make a difference in your health and nutritional status.

5 Remedies for PMS Joint Relief

Here’s a summary of 5 remedies for menstrual joint relief:

1. 2000 mg omega 3 supplements daily

2. 5000-10,000 IU vitamin D daily

3. Eliminate all food sensitivities. Take enzyme supplements according to the labels on the bottles you select.

4. Hormone fluctuations can be alleviated by eating a good diet and doing a colon and liver cleanse.

5. Eat a good diet.

6. Change your nutritional status, eliminating vitamin and mineral deficiencies with a period vitamin and/or other vitamins and minerals according to your needs.

As you can see, there are many things you can do to stop joint pain.