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Have you ever met someone who claims they can predict a storm by the aches and pain they think within their back?
A new study, published in Arthritis Care & Research, a journal from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), discovered that acute occurrences of pain in the back aren’t associated with weather conditions including humidity, pressure in the air, the temperature, direction of the wind and rain.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) most people experience lower back pain at some point in their life, which makes this discomfort probably the most dominant musculoskeletal condition, affecting as much as 33 percent of the world population.
This study used 993 patients who were found in Sydney, Australia between October 2011 and November 2012. The elements data was collected from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. The main objective of the study ended up being to compare the elements at that time patients first noticed back pain with climate conditions 1 week and one month prior to the start of pain.
The study results showed no connection between lower back pain and weather changes. Researchers did discover that higher wind speed and gusts of wind might have minimally increased the likelihood of low back pain, but results were not clinically noteworthy.
Dr. Steffens, a researcher on this study said in a press release the findings “refute previously held beliefs that particular common weather conditions increase chance of lower back pain.”
Dr. Mehul Sekhadia, a problem management physician with Advocate Medical Group in Park Ridge, Ill., says he’s had many patients come through that describe increased “joint” pain with weather changes.
“Studies haven’t really corroborated these findings,” he states. “I usually tell patients there are an equal number of individuals with pain in each and every climate, whether it is California, Minnesota or Florida. What we can say for certain is the fact that temperature, humidity, barometric pressure all play roles on our psyche.?Extremes in almost any direction seem to make people feel worse.? When we be depressed or anxious, our subjective sense of pain is higher, even in the lack of any new medical finding.”
Dr. Mark Neault, a memory foam surgeon with Advocate Medical Group in Libertyville, Ill., says you should recall the distinction between acute and chronic pain.
“It’s been seen that atmospheric pressure changes mostly affect arthritic joints and chronic pain. The present article addresses acute pain,” he states. “I think the results of the study seem sensible. It is important to explain that this study is not talking about chronic pain and arthritic conditions specifically.”
