Cloudy, with a chance of Pain
For as long as I can remember I have heard people saying that they suffer from joint and other pains depending on the weather. Now there has been some research to see if certain types of pain are affected by the prevailing weather conditions. The research was funded by Versus Arthritis (previously Arthritis Research UK). As I understand it people report pain levels via an app which is then overlaid with actual weather details for the area where the participant lives. The idea being to try and understand if certain climatic conditions are more likely to trigger pain. Once that is understood the next move is to understand how that might be translated into new treatments. See here https://www.cloudywithachanceofpain.com/
David
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Over many years I have found that it is not the actual pressure level but the process of the change in the pressure. I know it's always changing but when it is a significant change to a high or to a deep low pressure my arthritis warns me of the change. It also affects my wife in a similar way and also her migraines.
Many years ago my brother went to live in the warmer climes of Australia because he suffered badly with arthritis and believed it would be beneficial to him. Whilst there was some immediate benefit, it fairly rapidly wore off over the first couple of years he was there, back to the pain level that it was in the UK.
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we know several couples who 'migrate' to the Valencia region from September till Easter as the warmth and laid back lifestyle 'does wonders' for their health.
heading south ourselves in Jan for that very reason...lifes been pretty hectic (and joyful) for the past five months, where weve been shaken out of our retired, rush free lives....
thankfully things returning to 'normal' now (so decorating etc at home) and looking forward to a couple of family celebrations and a holiday in UK before disappearing over the channel...for a very well earned rest
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Looks like high pressure and humidity are the main culprits. Interesting read. OH had a bad cycle accident when young. Carrying a fishing rod on his bike it got caught in a lorry wheel and he went under the lorry. It badly damaged his arm which has become his "sea weed" or "fir cone" predictor of weather changes (but not the actual weather.
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Interesting ,as some friends of ours (ex work colleagues)emigrated to Australia two years ago as most of their children had moved there, and he was hoping that the warmer temps would help his arthritic joints, and he has found the same that it did help in their first year, but he has now almost reverted to the pain levels he had in the UK ,
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One has to be a little bit careful here as the enemy of Arthritis is lack of movement. Is it possible that people that decant to warmer climes tend to be more sedentary because of the heat? Also perhap tend to imbibe more frequently than they do at home thus lessening the enthusiasm and motivation for exercise? I know full well that I am more inclined to walk when the temperatures are comfortably lower!
David
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