Why You Should Start Chiropractic Care This Winter

By Alexis Mills

When the weather outside gets frightful, we all want to stay cuddled under blankets by the fire inside where it's delightful. Staying warm on the couch surrounded by fuzzy blankets and binging your favorite TV show is tempting to all of us, but you should consider how you can help your health this winter season. Unfortunately, the onset of cold weather brings health challenges such as fighting off the quickly approaching cold and flu season, dealing with increased inactivity, and enduring even more joint pain than usual. All of this makes it that much more important for us to put extra focus on our health during the winter season.

Frozen Joints

If you ever had a bad injury, you might notice that it suddenly hurts once the weather gets chillier. When I was a little girl, I had a severe arm injury while playing soccer that never fully healed. Even today it only ever bothers me when the weather gets cold, which makes it sore and sensitive. Cold weather has an impact on our bones and joints that enhances any sort of pain. The Joint Chiropractic can help during this season to maintain your joints' range of motion along with aiding with the pain. in colder weather, our fluids have a harder time moving freely and doing their job to assist our joints. Luckily, chiropractors at The Joint can assist from your joints becoming stiff and help keep your joints moving freely. 

Removing restricted joints improves our range of motion, and that's always a good thing.

Increase Your Winter Activity

Trying to avoid the chilly weather outside can affect our motivation to go to the gym; it makes it that much harder when the weather is lousy. But when we are inactive during the cold, it only makes our joints more stiff, making the problem that much worse. This increased stress on the joints can be helped with regular chiropractic adjustments. Don't let yourself gain holiday weight because you don't want to exercise. Don't set yourself back even further this winter season; get moving to support your health this winter. Get to The Joint to help ensure your body is performing its best. 

Be proactive this winter instead of being a couch potato! Drop in on The Joint Chiropractic to help your body stay in optimal shape! The Joint's chiropractors can help you stay focused on keeping your immune system strong, your body active, and ease your joint pain. When spring rolls around, you're going to want to be ready for it.

To learn more about your health, wellness and fitness, see your local chiropractor at The Joint Chiropractic in Reno, Nev.