Last updated on August 21, 2024 by Dr. Subashri Thanigaivel
It’s the start of the cold weather. You are on your couch, enjoying the cool breeze. The mood of this season makes you crave to drink a hot cup of tea with some biscuits.
Slowly you try to get up from the couch but your knee says: “Oh wait! I am tired. I am feeling stiffness in and around me.”
Now you just manage your knee to cooperate with you and try to stand on your feet. Still, you hear the voice of your knee shouting “I am in pain”…
Here is some information about your knee ache.
Why are winter joint pains unbearable?
Our body is tuned to react to the different seasons of the environment. Say, during summer, we tend to sweat a lot but during winter, our skin feels dry.
Our body accustoms to changes internally to different external environments.
The fluctuation in humidity levels can cause clutches between your muscles and joints. This happens due to an increase in air pressure, mostly during the winter seasons. Sometimes we can feel that our knees are being held tight. A change in the weather means a change for the worse if you’re suffering from arthritis. Joint pain, swelling, redness, and stiffness greet you as the monsoon season gives way to autumn. This condition is referred to as Seasonal Arthritis.
Way Out from Seasonal Arthritis Naturally
Nature is splendid. It makes humans connected, healed, soothed, and restored with its magical qualities.
The following ways can suppress your seasonal arthritis.
1)Staying hydrated
Drinking lots of water can keep you feeling active and energetic. It boosts your metabolism levels and also it reduces dryness in your skin and joint areas.
2) Keeping your joints warm
Placing hot water bags in your joint pain areas can help you heal and relax your muscles by giving them the required heat. It aids in blood circulation, which makes the area warm and aids in relieving joint pain. Especially during winter days, this remedy can make you feel better if you are suffering from Seasonal Arthritis.
2)Engaging in Activities
Doing physical activities like cycling, walking, jogging, aerobics, yoga, and exercising regularly can keep your joints active. Frequently giving movement to your joints will help them to reduce stiffness and clutches in the knee and joint areas. It can help you to reduce the occurrence of seasonal arthritis in your body.
3) Opting for Massage therapy
Pressing and rubbing in and around areas of your muscles, tendons, and ligaments improve the circulation of blood in your joints. It also makes you relaxed thereby reducing the stress and soreness between the muscles. Applying oil in such areas while massaging can help in lubricating your joints.
4) Physical Therapy
Usually this type of treatment is suggested for those people who have recovered from an injury or illness that makes them hard to do their daily tasks. Here the Physical Therapist guides you based on your requirements to relieve the pain and improve the movement and ability of your joints.
5) Posture
We are very tired at the end of the day. We just want to sleep in whatever way the bed is arranged. We fall asleep and we are not aware of what posture we have dreams in our sleep. In case your knees are bent for long hours while sleeping, arthritis pain increases the next day.
The same goes for when you are sitting or carrying weights. Ensure that your back is straight and your neck is not elevated to extremes. The wrong postures continued over a long period can also lead to seasonal arthritis.
Healthy food, Healthy Immune!
Seasons bring along with them cravings of nature’s taste. Say in summer, we have cravings for mango and in winter, we have cravings for hot sweet corn or pakoras.
What not to take when suffering from Seasonal Arthritis?
- Avoid consumption of cold water
- Avoid any form of cold nature foods like frozen food, ice creams, cold milkshake, and iced juice
- Avoid eating raw sprouts or raw forms of consuming cereals.
- Avoid taking too many oily and spiced foods
What should you eat?
- All types of spinach like Moringa tree leaves(முருங்கை கீரை),Consume Veld grape (பிரண்டை)
- Green leafy vegetables
- Intake of soup and seasonal fruit salad
Is Arthritis a Treatable Condition?
Arthritis is an informal way of referring to joint pain and joint disease.
There are different types of Arthritis. Osteoarthritis is the result of wear & tear (ageing), rheumatoid arthritis is from the immune system attacking your own body tissues. Unlike osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis can affect people of all ages.
Changes in seasons sometimes might worsen the level of pain for persons suffering from Arthritis.
So according to various types of Arthritis, symptoms, and remedies differ. The inflammations take time to suppress in the ayurvedic way of treatments but you will be guaranteed zero side effects and no allergic reactions.
Doctors treat arthritis with the objective of reducing joint pain and attempting to interrupt the immune process causing inflammation in joints. In Ayurveda, there are natural ways to treat this condition.
Ayurvedic way of healing Seasonal Arthritis
Imbalance in dosha levels triggers various issues, one of which is Seasonal Arthritis. The Ayurvedic name for Arthritis is Aamavata, a condition resulting from improper digestion.
The usage of inflammatory inhibiting herbs in cooking has been a proven method to prevent arthritis. Ayurveda has usage of natural herbs such as Boswellia Serrata for several centuries for their analgesic & anti-inflammatory properties. Boswellia Serrata also prevents cartilage loss & inhibits the auto-immune process of arthritis. Supplements containing Boswellia Serrata have been clinically proven for their effectiveness.
Ayurvedic healing can ensure that your Seasonal Arthritis or winter joint pains get naturally cured as herbal remedies ensure to friend zone your ailments and remove them from your body tactically.
Ease your Seasonal Arthritis
Seasons do come and go but being healthy should be our constant focus.
Walk or play in Summer
Go trekking in Autumn
Dance in Rain and
Skate in Winter
Seasonal change doesn’t have to be painful. Sweat your attire in all seasons free from joint pains. Here at Liveright, a completely ayurvedic, and hence 100% natural, medicine, you can say goodbye to the suffering of seasonal Arthritis and greet any weather with a smile.
