Shoulder is cold and hurts

When the weather gets colder, some patients will feel pain in their shoulders. This is mostly because the blood supply to the shoulder becomes worse after the weather gets colder. Changes in blood supply will lead to a decrease in joint fluid secretion. If it is When patients have arthritis or inflammation around the shoulder joint, changes in blood supply will cause inflammatory factors to be unable to be metabolized smoothly. At the same time, joint fluid secretion will be reduced, which will affect the nourishment of local cartilage. This will Pain will occur.

Because the cartilage in the shoulder joint does not have abundant blood vessels, the nourishment of the cartilage mainly relies on synovial fluid. During the movement of the joint, the synovial fluid will be evenly distributed in the joint cavity, so that There will be no painful symptoms. If the blood supply is poor in cold weather and the secretion of joint fluid is reduced, various uncomfortable symptoms will occur in the cartilage.

If this happens, it is recommended that you keep warm and exercise regularly to maintain appropriate movement of the shoulder joint and muscle activity. This will help relieve the symptoms. If the pain is very severe, you can consider taking it. Non-steroidal analgesics or topical non-steroidal analgesic ointments can have a good effect. If conditions permit, local heat compresses or infrared physiotherapy can also be used.