# Any correlation between cold weather and achy bones/joints?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-correlation-between-cold-weather-and-achy-bones-joints/218567>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 12, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-correlation-between-cold-weather-and-achy-bones-joints/218567 "2003-12-12T11:26:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Adamcomic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@Adamcomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adamcomic)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-correlation-between-cold-weather-and-achy-bones-joints/218567/1 "2003-12-12T11:26:51Z")

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Is it a proven fact that there is a connection? Specifically, do people that have had many broken bones or joint injuries feel worse in cold or damp weather?

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-correlation-between-cold-weather-and-achy-bones-joints/218567/2 "2003-12-12T15:44:46Z")

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I have been having a lot of pain in my left arm since the cold weather has set in—I broke that arm last year and it has more metal in it than a toaster-oven. Hardly bothered me at all till these last couple of cold weeks.

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**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-correlation-between-cold-weather-and-achy-bones-joints/218567/3 "2003-12-12T15:46:27Z")

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I’m proving it right now.

My surgeon, (Indelicato, a knee maestro), told me many years ago that I would have a sore knee when I got older. He was right, but it wasn’t the one he operated on. The “good” knee gets sore. The “bad” knee is giving me no problems – yet. Does what I just told you make sense in ordinary circumstances? Not one bit.

In a nutshell, yes. Every joint injury (back especially) feels better in hot weather. I guess heat makes the oil in your joints flow better, eh, or something?