I’ve heard a lot about Bombogenesis, it’s a popular term used by meteorologists, occurs when a midlatitude cyclone rapidly intensifies, dropping at least 24 millibars over 24 hours. A millibar measures atmospheric pressure.
Remember your great-aunt used to to say she “feels” a storm coming on, she was probably predicting the weather with some accuracy. You probably laughed.
But now you know exactly what she meant.
Barometric pressure is the weight of the atmosphere that surrounds us. Barometric pressure often drops before bad weather.
Lower air pressure pushes less against the body, allowing tissues to expand. Expanded tissues can put pressure on joints and cause pain.
Arthritis and joint pain affects everything within the joint, including the lining and ligaments.
All of those tissues have nerve endings that can feel changes in the weather, which may result in tightness, stiffness, and some discomfort.
So if you plan to be active in cold weather or high altitude, warm up first with stretching exercises and wear appropriate clothing
The Arthritis Foundation published a study from Tufts University in 2007 that found that every 10-degree drop in temperature corresponded with an incremental increase in arthritis pain. In addition, low temperatures, low barometric pressure and precipitation can increase pain. Researchers are not sure why weather changes cause pain, but suspect that certain atmospheric conditions increase swelling in the joint.
As for weather-related pain, it hurts, but it’s only temporary. Your joints should return to normal as soon as the barometric pressure increases and the temperature goes up. Your great aunt may be able to predict calm weather, too, as she feels less joint pain.
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Resource Link
https://www.arthritis.org/living-with-arthritis/tools-resources/weather/
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