Make an appointment with a pain management specialist. Is the pain during rain all in your brain? So what can you do for rainy day pain? But here are a few things you might try to ease the pain on rainy days: Run a dehumidifier. Wear compression socks, cuffs, and gloves. Rheumatoid arthritis and some other causes of chronic pain get worse with swelling and inflammation.
Adjust your thermostat. While the correlations between temperature and pain are not at all clear, keeping your home at a comfortable temperature may help. Get some easy exercise. It can also lift your rainy day mood. Ever noticed how an old injury aches in the wintery weather? The idea that certain aches and pains correspond with, and can even predict the weather is widespread, and has been around since at least the days of ancient Greece. Hippocrates was the first to note the phenomenon, in about B.
Unfortunately over the past 2, years, researchers have not come up with a solid evidence-based explanation as to why this happens. The current accepted explanation for bad-weather-related aches is that the drop in barometric pressure that comes with a storm allows soft tissue and fluid around joints to expand, irritating nerves and causing pain, especially at the sensitized site of an old injury.
To understand the effect of barometric pressure, imagine blowing up a balloon — there is inside air pushing out, and outside air pushing in. Atmospheric pressure is always pushing on our bodies in a similar way. If the pressure outside of the body drops, gasses inside the body can expand—particularly the gasses dissolved in the fluid surrounding joints and tendons. The expansion of fluid around the injured area might be microscopic, but it is enough to irritate nerve endings by putting additional pressure on them.
The brain then interprets this as pain. Barometric pressure or the weight of air decreases during rainy days and increases during sunny days, causing fluid in your joints to thicken, making them stiffer—affecting your spine, which in turn affects your back, shoulders, and other surrounding body parts.
In essence, it makes the pain worse due to the joints stiffening. With that in mind, here are more possible ways rainy days affect body pain and the best ways to prevent them.
The weather condition of rain is actually not a factor in causing fibromyalgia pain. Rather, other factors associated with rainy days can contribute to increased fibromyalgia symptoms and pain.
Besides the widely-accepted barometric pressure theory, rainy days can contribute to increased pain in other ways as well, such as the following:. There have been numerous studies on this phenomenon, but what is most surprising is how much of an impact cloudy and short days actually have on your moods.
In fact, according to one study by researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois, "there was a 57 percent increase in suicide rates during the autumn transition compared with other times of the year. You can't control the weather, making it challenging to deal with heightened pain during the colder months, luckily it can be preventable.
Although you don't necessarily need to move to a sunny climate for the sake of your back and shoulders, you can minimize the weather's, particularly the rain's effect on how you feel.
With the arrival of spring, many people are looking forward to outdoor activities. The temperature difference between outdoors and indoors can cause muscle strain; strong winds can also increase pressure on your joints.
A large temperature differential between the inside and outside air may cause muscle strain or sprain. If this happens to you, try wearing a pair of shoes that have good arch support. Also, make sure to stretch. The effect of the weather on our well-being is still a largely debated topic. Some studies show correlations between rain and pain, while others suggest there isn't any correlation at all.
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