Arthritis - move to a warmer, drier, climate?
Discussion
jmn said:
I'm just beginning to have minor arthritic symptoms.
There is some family history of arthritis.
Would moving overseas to a warmer drier climate delay the onset of more serious symptoms?
My mother used to suffer from Arthritis for very many years. Whenever she was in Spain she felt much better .. There is some family history of arthritis.
Would moving overseas to a warmer drier climate delay the onset of more serious symptoms?
Not a scientific response, but that is what she always said
hth
Maybe:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10120534/
Or is it just easier to be active when the weather is better???
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10120534/
Or is it just easier to be active when the weather is better???
The evidence is poor.
But it is generally accepted that pain correlates with happiness,. So go and live in a country that makes you happy.
Finland and Luxemberg are rich and make people happy, they would probably decrease your pain.
Spain has sangria. Saudi Arabia is very rich and hot, they don't have sangria.
Nothing really affects he onset of osteoarthritis beyond mild genetic factors, trauma to the knee (rugby injury, motorbike crash) and life use. Farmers and builders ruin their knees. The out of work often complain about their knees more.
If you moved to Florida and ran 3km 4 times a week, you would accelerate the end of your knee.
But 4 rounds of golf would probably do the opposite.
It isn't simple.
But it is generally accepted that pain correlates with happiness,. So go and live in a country that makes you happy.
Finland and Luxemberg are rich and make people happy, they would probably decrease your pain.
Spain has sangria. Saudi Arabia is very rich and hot, they don't have sangria.
Nothing really affects he onset of osteoarthritis beyond mild genetic factors, trauma to the knee (rugby injury, motorbike crash) and life use. Farmers and builders ruin their knees. The out of work often complain about their knees more.
If you moved to Florida and ran 3km 4 times a week, you would accelerate the end of your knee.
But 4 rounds of golf would probably do the opposite.
It isn't simple.
The_Doc said:
The evidence is poor.
But it is generally accepted that pain correlates with happiness,. So go and live in a country that makes you happy.
Finland and Luxemberg are rich and make people happy, they would probably decrease your pain.
Spain has sangria. Saudi Arabia is very rich and hot, they don't have sangria.
Interestingly my arthritis started to become an issue when I lived briefly in Saudi Arabia and now I'm back in Luxembourg seems much better. But it is generally accepted that pain correlates with happiness,. So go and live in a country that makes you happy.
Finland and Luxemberg are rich and make people happy, they would probably decrease your pain.
Spain has sangria. Saudi Arabia is very rich and hot, they don't have sangria.
I have rheumatoid arthritis with secondary osteoarthritis. I definitely feel better when warmer even going on holiday to the Canaries over winter for a week i notice a difference but if your only having mild symptoms you may not feel as much as i do with much more pronounced arthritis.
I certainly wouldnt use it as the main reason for moving to a foreign country.
I certainly wouldnt use it as the main reason for moving to a foreign country.
Again not very scientific, but my uncle and aunt both suffer with bad arthritis so bought a small place in Florida, initially to spend winter months at about 15years ago, but they now spend from October to May there, purely on the basis that their symptoms pretty much disappear when they are there, and don't really return when they are back in the UK, unless it's unseasonably cold.
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