Coastal Living ... and Arthritis, Joint pain (Bend: living in, trendy, eat)

[FVWinters]

Is it pressure changes? WebMD has articles both attacking and defending the premise.
This may depend more on the individual suffering than the arthritis itself. Something that may tell you if sudden changes in barometric pressure affects yours is to take a drive somewhere that involves an elevation change of a minimum of a thousand feet over a period of less than a hour. If your joints complain then weather changes that involve sudden drops or rises in the barometer may be a factor.
If not, something else is likely to be the trigger.

[Steve Pickering]

It may be the change only affects Bursitis rather than arthritis according to some doctors. But arthritis suffers will tell you their body is like a barometer and changes up or down hurt.

[ladysheets]

thank you so much for all the information. We are excited and really looking forward to the move.

Our Grandmother just passed away and she lived in Bandon it is a beautiful place.

My soul is at ease near the Ocean~ aches and pains are just part of my life. But they do not Rule my life ! Have a great Day everyone !

[Steve Pickering]

You are going to love Brookings as long as you are not expecting a job.

[ladysheets]

No job needed Steve. I have read that many times on here. I realize that many parts of the coast are like that. As well as many small towns elsewhere. Husband and I are retired in our 50s and moved here to NOrthern Ca. to be near husbands Sis and kids. We just feel like fish out of water here in Willits. Not our kind of place. The weather has been beautiful. The winters are so mild from what we have been in the last 15 years. But it gets damn HOT to us come july and we are even at elevation here but we are just not big heat lovers. Lived in the midwest where i grew up(southwest Missouri) dont want to live back there. So thinking Southern Oregon Coast just might fit us well enough to stay awhile. Its an adventure to us . Out living life while we still can

[Steve Pickering]

Originally Posted by ladysheets

No job needed Steve. I have read that many times on here. I realize that many parts of the coast are like that. As well as many small towns elsewhere. Husband and I are retired in our 50s and moved here to NOrthern Ca. to be near husbands Sis and kids. We just feel like fish out of water here in Willits. Not our kind of place. The weather has been beautiful. The winters are so mild from what we have been in the last 15 years. But it gets damn HOT to us come july and we are even at elevation here but we are just not big heat lovers. Lived in the midwest where i grew up(southwest Missouri) dont want to live back there. So thinking Southern Oregon Coast just might fit us well enough to stay awhile. Its an adventure to us . Out living life while we still can

You are going to be a great addition to the community. You will find many kindred souls in Brookings. Besides ...... if you don't like it you can always pack up and try somewhere else. My wife and I love the freedom of retirement.

[ladysheets]

Thanks so much Steve~Sounds like we are on the same page !

[Hawk J]

Originally Posted by ladysheets

im surprised more people didnt answer here. I am moving to the southern Oregon Coast and would love some feed back on this question. I lived in Alaska and the Cold there along with storms really made me hurt. Moved to Sunny Northern Ca. and it hasnt bothered me near as bad. Only problem is this is not where we want to be. we love the Pacific northwest and are planning to move to Brookings Oregon soon.

ladysheets, live in peace, harmony, tranqulity on the coast fer many happy lustrum......

[pdxMIKEpdx]

Originally Posted by FVWinters

Is it pressure changes? WebMD has articles both attacking and defending the premise.
This may depend more on the individual suffering than the arthritis itself. Something that may tell you if sudden changes in barometric pressure affects yours is to take a drive somewhere that involves an elevation change of a minimum of a thousand feet over a period of less than a hour. If your joints complain then weather changes that involve sudden drops or rises in the barometer may be a factor.
If not, something else is likely to be the trigger.

One could argue that taking the elevator from the bottom to top of the Empire State Building could create a pressure change that would prove that theory, but I don't believe that has ever happened.

People that truly suffer from arthritis will tell you something as simple as a fast moving weather front during a springtime storm can bring on some pretty healthy pain.

Over the years I have tried to correlate my pain with up swinging pressure, down springing pressure, temperature, combinations of temperature and pressure, ranges of pressure (and whether it's moving up or down in that range), humidity, etc, etc.

I can't seem to find particular combination of, or a single parameter that triggers my arthritic pain, but I can tell you it's weather related.

Yesterday and today have been absolute he-ll for me, but other people I know with arthritis seem to be doing OK.

[Rory27]

Fast moving weather fronts do it for me,
bad arthritis, joint issues, knee replacements and it didn't make a difference where I lived and I have lived all over. In Medford now.

Missouri some of the worst weather and air / pollen on the planet. Grew up there in St Louis and hated it.
The Humidity in summers is stifling.