In the following article and video, I explain how falls to the sacrum can later lead to menopause back pain.
Major falls on the sacrum before age 25 can cause a shift in the growth plates that may haunt you many years later. This is often the cause of severe low back pain in the first six months of menopause.
An epiphyseal plate, also known as a growth plate, is a layer of cartilage. “Sacral bodies unite at their adjacent margins after the twentieth year, but the central and greater part of each intevertebral disc remains unossified up to or beyond middle life.”- Gray’s Anatomy 40th edition ….yet another reason to not sit on your sacrum all day!
Chronology of fusion of the primary and secondary ossification centers in the human sacrum and age estimation in child and adolescent skeletons. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24227049
Author: Barbara Horsley has more than 26 years of experience as a licensed massage therapist. She specializes in abdominal massage and Visceral Manipulation™ and is an NCBTMB-approved educator. In addition to being certified in abdominal massage, she also studied biomechanics and restorative exercise. She is also a Certified Women’s Herbal Educator and a graduate of the IWHI Perimenopause & Menopause Certificate Program.