Aches and Pains with Dr. Aravind Athiviraham In this episode, we speak with sports medicine doctor Aravind Athiviraham to chat about why knees click and pop, what happens when bumping your elbow radiates pain into the pinky finger, and more.
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Past Injuries and the Weather Most often, weather-related pain occurs in injured joints or at the site of a previously broken bone. Next Steps No one wants to live with pain.
Search for:. The result showed a clear correlation between barometric pressure changes and pain levels. Of course I already knew that, but now I have something to show doubters. This article, and the study as well, does not take enough into consideration. Pain patients could not go in every time the pressure shifted, they would be in constantly. There is one type of arthritis pain — gout— which published studies have shown to be affected by weather.
Naomi Schlessinger found gout flares to occur most frequently during spring and early summer in several geographical locations in the US. Massimo Gallerani found the same to be true in Italy. Why would that occur? My best guess it that the excess pollen in the air during those seasons leads to inflamed linings of the breathing passage, thereby narrowing the actual breathing passage, making more likely its intermittent closing during sleep — sleep apnea.
The resulting reduction of oxygen in the blood during sleep then leads to known mechanisms which lead to precipitation of the urate crystals that cause gout. Hi Dr. Of course, as you say, many non native people say the same. Now… We have to wait the results, but the field of investigation is awesome! I call malarkey on this.
As the question is not is the ability to determine weather conditions by aching joints a popular phenomena but rather does it exist at all in one individual. IF it exists just in one individual that is proof as the question is not is it a popular ability. I would say that if people were to say psychic ability does not exist based on the fact that everybody in the general population does not exhibit it or are inconsistent then this is not the question being asked.
It may exist only in a select few and the question should be asked only to these select few. Elite sports people are a good example there are a rare some who are just way better than others and can do extraordinary things and the question should be put to them only for this to be answered properly.
Absolutely, our bodies do respond to environmental changes. As bad weather turns good or vice versa, both cause capsular expansion and contraction. We are all wired differently with unique patterns of response to environmental changes. Some are just more sensitive, especially if they are suffering from musculoskeletal ailments already. I would bet it has more to do with barometric pressure.
I agree with you there. The Australian study did not take into account the cold and miserable Canadian weather. No comparison at all. Not everyone who experiences the barometric effect in their joints — for me sinuses as well — goes to a doctor over it. It becomes part of the rhythm of life. Since the sample you are basing the refutation on is skewed to persons seeking medial attention, its a false construct.
Who is more qualified to know when their joints act up, and under what circumstances, than the person whose joints are hurting. Answer: no one. I agree.
Not to mention in spring you would be in every couple days. Since suffering an injury to my left knee in childhood, I have always been able to predict the rain as it aches starting about 48 hours in advance.
Now, decades later, and after pregnancies, I also get frontal headaches about 48 hours prior to a rain storm. First, my father relied upon my weather reports, and now my family relies upon them. Decreasing pressure which ushers in bad weather means air presses less on our bodies.
Cold can make muscles, ligaments and joints stiffer and more painful. But Dr. Especially the speed at which these changes occur. Reporting is also key here, as it may be the reason people conclude what appears to be a direct connection of weather to their specific type of pain.
Some studies include data pointing to patients seeking care for certain types of pain during rainy weather. If damp cold weather exacerbates pain, you may wonder — why not move to where the weather is milder, warmer or dryer?
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