How to really treat weather related pain

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How to Really Treat Weather-Related Back and Joint Pain?

How Humidity is linked to Pain and How to Treat Weather-Related Back and Joint Pain Did you know that The Weather Channel maintains an “Aches and Pains Index” of the United States, which features a map showing where aches and pains are likely to be the highest on any given day? It’s not that they’re psychic … they’re making an educated guess based on weather forecasts, the way they also do for health conditions like asthma and allergies, or pests like mosquitoes. In the case of pain, it’s thought to be changing air (barometric) pressure and also possibly humidity and temperatures that are to blame. So for all of you who swear you can predict the weather based on your throbbing shoulder or back … here’s the solid proof you may have been after.

Humidity, Pressure and Pain: What’s the Weather Got to do With It?


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