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theories--not reallydeveloped yet--just musings:
estrogen depletion in and of itself causes tendons and ligaments to tighten and become more elastic (why few 80 years can do the splits!)
Estrogen serves as a steroidal antiinflammatory in joints
Originally they thought that vitamin D levels which were low in bc patients might have something to do with it, but I don't think that has panned out, although it is still being looked into
Supplementing vitamin D didn't have the beneficial effect on this they had hoped for I was told by one researcher at a conference
I read today that statins can cause tendon deterioration and rupture, so perhaps RB can chime in with his views/information on the value of omega3s and 6s on this issue as it is possible that fat metabolism is involved
Hope this helped
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