Low air pressure, increases joint pressure, expands surrounding tissue and stimulates nerves
Light bare-handed gymnastics, room temperature and humidity control help relieve pain
In many cartoons and movies, it is a device suggesting that it will rain, and the elderly often say that “the socks hurt”. Among the various opinions, the most current reason is that the low air pressure affects the joints and causes pain.
According to a 2007 study on the relationship between pain and weather, 65.3% of the respondents answered that weather conditions affect pain. Among them, the times when each person was sick were different, such as before and after the weather change, when it was raining, and when it was hot.
Most papers that say weather conditions and pain are related point to one cause of pain. Low air pressure causes increased pressure in the joints. This causes the tissue around the joint to swell and stimulates the nerves, causing pain.
According to a medical journal, it is good to do bare-handed exercises that lightly release the joints and muscles of the body. Pain is sensitive to changes in heat, cold, humidity, etc., so adjusting the humidity appropriately and adjusting the room temperature to 26 to 28 degrees helps relieve pain.
On the other hand, research data that the weather and pain are not related continue to come out. In the 2020 academic journal ‘PAIN’, a review paper was published that analyzed clinical studies on the correlation between weather and chronic pain. According to this, in 20 of 41 studies, barometric pressure changes were not related to pain at all.
The authors of the paper said, “Existing studies have yet to provide evidence to conclude the relationship between weather conditions and pain.
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