Technical Tuesday Ache
Many dancers (and others) claim that
they can predict weather changes by how achy their muscles and joints feel.
Although some have debunked this, there may be some truth to it. The worst
weather for symptoms seems to be damp and cold, while warm and dry weather is
associated with feeling better.
It may be because of changes in barometric
pressure that occur before bad weather. This can cause tissues in the body to
expand, leading to pain and/or swelling. This shift is subtle, but dancers are
so tuned in to their bodies it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that they can,
indeed, predict the weather.
Another possibility: in 2007, researches
at Tufts University leaned that every ten-degree drop in temperature
corresponded to a slight increase in osteoarthritic knee pain.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Anatomical Secret #27ddd:
“Your achy joints may be able to predict the weather.”
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Quote of the Day:
“The storm
starts, when the drops start dropping
When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.”
― Dr. Seuss
When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.”
― Dr. Seuss
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