First generation (1998â2005)Edit. Ford of Europe introduced the Focus in 1998 to the European market as a replacement for the Ford Escort. The decision to name the new car the Ford Focus was made in early 1998, as Ford's senior management had been planning to keep the Escort nameplate for its new generation of small family cars.
Although hormonal imbalance is the main cause of muscle tension prior to menopause, there are other potential causes. These are: Stress. Anxiety. Past injuries. Inactivity. Bad posture. Both estrogen and progesterone play a part in causing muscle tension. First, estrogen exercises an inhibitive effect on the stress-hormone cortisol. When estrogen is too low, levels of cortisol rise, raising blood pressure and blood sugar.
The Devastating Effects of Hormone Imbalance. Hormone imbalance is a true epidemic in our country. The average American female and male over 35 years of age suffers from some form of hormonal imbalance. With the poor diet, stressful lifestyles and declining popularity of physical exercise, more and more younger men and women are developing hormonal imbalances. The effects of such imbalances increases as we age and become more devastating and harder to treat the longer they go on and the worse they become. Because most of the symptoms come on gradually, it is difficult to figure out initially, until the problems become more pronounced and the ...