What are the main reasons for Joint Pain in winter season?

• With the onset of the winter season, there are lot of environmental changes occur. Climate become extremely cold and clammy in winters due to which pain in joint becomes a common health issue. It is commonly seen in the elders. This pain is often linked with arthritis.
• There may be many other possible causes of joint and muscle pain winters that can affect people of different age groups. It may also affect your ability to perform day to day activities properly. To deal with this condition one must know about the exact cause of this joint pain of the winter season. 
• In many studies it has been showed that of how the weather may affect pain in your knees and other joints. However researches are inadequate to show strong evidence that there’s a link.

Main Causes of Joint Pain in winters

Effect of barometric pressure

• In winters, weather is cold so changes in the atmospheric pressure occur. In winters barometric pressure usually lowers down. So there’s less pressure in your body from the atmospheric pressure. 
• These results in swelling of joints, tendons, muscles, or scar tissue swell that leads to pain. That’s mostly occurring when atmospheric changes occur quickly. High humidity in the environment plays a role, too.

Lifestyle Changes

• Cold weather may also lead to changes in your mood and lifestyle that can cause knee pain.One may feel pain in different parts of your body. But cold weather may cause discomfort mainly in the hips, knees and ankles. This happens mostly when you run regularly.   
• Doing more exercising in the cold, put more pressure on weight-bearing joints that may cause pain. Also we spend less time outdoors in winters due to cold and that might lead to more stiffness and pain.

Lack of vitamin D

• Another reason is the lack of vitamin D can increase joint pain. You get vitamin D from the sun. So when you stay inside or on foggy or dark days we will not get vitamin D in appropriate amount. Low levels of vitamin D to leads to increased pain. 

What can we do to reduce cold weather joint pain?

Keeping your body warm can help you to reduce cold weather joint pain, especially when you’re going outsides in winter. Here are some simple ways to stay warm in winters:

• Diet – Take proper care of yourself by taking nutritious food and maintain healthy weight. Gaining extra weight put pressure on your weight bearing joints so avoid that.
• Clothing- Wear warm clothes of good stuff in winters. Also wear hats, scarves, and gloves while going outside. Warmers, leggings, and wraps can provide extra warmth to your body.
• Warm bath – Take warm bath. This moist heat will help to boost circulation and loosen muscles. 
• Sunlight -Take proper sunlight on sunny days and avoid roaming outside on foggy days. 
• Exercise – Always do warm up exercises. That will help to provide warm effect to your body. Also exercise makes your bones and the muscles around your knees stronger, taking pressure off the joint. Doing yoga is also beneficial for your joint flexibility. 
• Sleep – Get enough and good quality of sleep. Too little shut-eye can make your pain worse.
• Stay positive – Do things that make you happy and shift your attention away from the pain.
• Elevation of legs helps to reduce the joint tenderness.
• Hot compresses will help to relaxes the muscles and warm the limb
• Local massage and steam also helps
• Take proper supplements for vitamin D.

When to consult with a doctor?

Consult with doctor about medication or other treatment options if condition does not improve by these measures.

If the joint pain increases you must take medical help as there can be several other possible reasons behind this pain. You should not depend upon home remedies for longer time. You should choose medical help immediately if-

• There is visible asymmetric swelling on the joints.
• Significant limp while walking
• Increase in pain inspite of preventive measures mentioned earlier
• Associated fever or any raised temperature or redness over the joint
• Restricted range of joint movements

When you notice all these symptoms in your body then you must consult with doctor for treatment of joint pain in winter season.

Ayurvedic Treatment of joint pain in winter season

According to Ayurveda in winters there is aggravation of   Vat Dosha (dry and cold) due to climatic changes and that has a harmful effect on joints. As with increased age, joint pain problems like rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout, etc. become more aggravated during winters and cause a lot of pain in joints.

Panchakarma procedures for joint pain

In Ayurveda panchakarma is the best option for treatment of all kind of ailments. As it pacify the aggravated doshas very quickly and from the root. In Panchakarma lots of therapies are given, Main procedures that are performed for joint pain involves Abhyangam , swedan .

• Abhyangam (full body massage) – In this procedure full body massage is done with the help of medicated oils. Warm medicated oil massage is helpful in promoting muscle and joint relaxation and prevents joint pain, swelling and stiffness. This can also be done with help of potlis that are made up of medicated leaves.
• Swedan (steam) – Full body steam is given with the decoction prepared from the medicated herbs. This will help in muscle relaxing, relieve the joint pain, promote blood circulation and provide amazing pain relief.

Medicinal treatment for joint pain

Chandigarh Ayurved and panchakarma Centre provides panchakrma as well as medicinal treatment for joint pain. CAC provides combination of medicines for proper treatment of joint pain. These medicines are made up of pure ayurvedic herbs that treat body pain without causing any side-effects to the body. 

Medicines for Joint Pain include

• Pain-O-Kill Tablets
• Pain-O-Kill Syrup
• Pain-O-Kill Oil
• Rasayan vati
• Nerve Plus
• Nerve Up tablet

For more details you can visit our website 

www.chandigarhayurvedacentre.com