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It’s that time of the year again. The snow falls, the sweaters come out, and all you want to do is curl up under a blanket, but something is wrong. You feel pain in your back, now more than ever.
The winter season is here, and many people like you suffer from acute back pain during the colder months. At Mehling Orthopedics, we’re here to help with 10 simple tips to keep your back healthy in the wintertime.
A Harvard Special Health Report notes that 80% of Americans will experience a form of back pain sometime in their life, affecting men and women equally. Many people report greater pain when temperatures drop.
This is usually the case when vasoconstriction occurs: In lower temperatures, your body sends more blood to your brain, heart, lungs, and bowels to keep them warm. This means less blood flows to your joints and lower back, causing the muscles, ligaments, and tendons located there to stiffen.
These stiff muscles cause the pain you feel in your back. You may also feel pain because low temperatures reduce air pressure, causing your joints to expand. This inflammation of your muscles, ligaments, and tendons cause you additional pain in your spinal joint.
To fight your back pain, you want to develop habits that help keep your muscles relaxed and your joints loose. Luckily, you can do many of them home.
There are many things you can do on your own to help you get through this chilly season. Here are 10 tips we recommend you try.
Is something still not working? For specialized evaluation and treatment, please contact the team at Mehling Orthopedics. We have convenient locations in Hackensack, New Jersey, and West Islip, New York.
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