Bone gets very little attention until something goes wrong with it. Yet it is living tissue, rebuilt continuously through life, and it responds to what you ask of it. Here is what that means after 50.

Knowing that strength matters through the menopause is the easy part. Knowing what to actually do on a Tuesday evening at home is harder. Five exercises to begin with, no equipment needed, and a sensible way to build them up.

Stiffer mornings, aches turning up in several places at once, and a niggle that once settled in three days now taking three weeks. What is actually changing in muscle, joint and tendon through the menopause, and why it all arrives together.