If you have ever suffered from chronic pain or sensed bad weather coming based on your joint pain, then you aren’t on your own. 

During the cold weather, symptoms of joint pain and other chronic pains can be heightened. Needless to say, if you are affected in this way by the cold weather, it can make you feel somewhat miserable. Your hot tub can help to ease your pain through hydrotherapy and lift your spirits.

There are a number of reasons why joint pain, arthritis and inflammation problems can be worse during cold weather. Firstly, when the temperatures drop, this can affect your blood flow. When normal blood flow does not reach your extremities as well as usual, this can trigger pain. It’s also important to consider that when the weather gets colder and the days get shorter, many of us are not quite as physically active as we are most of the year. This can have an adverse effect on your mobility, lead to heightened pain and put limits on your life.

How does a hot tub help ease chronic pain?

A hot tub can provide hydrotherapy to help ease many common aches and pains, along with chronic issues such as arthritis and fibromyalgia. When pains are made worse by the cold weather conditions, a hot tub can be a greater help than normal, making it easier to manage pain and issues with stiffness. 

The heated water of your hot tub plays an important role in helping to improve the circulation of blood throughout the body. As poor circulation is a key cause of winter aches and pains, this type of hydrotherapy can be extremely beneficial; as the bloodflow properly reaches the sources of pain, swelling and inflammation are reduced and the muscles start to loosen up.

In addition to hydrotherapy, your hot tub is also helpful for physical therapy that can help to improve movement and ease pain. The buoyancy of water provides a feeling of weightlessness, helping you to move freely without impact on your joints. As a result, it is easier to carry out physical therapy exercises and stretches, without pushing yourself beyond what you would normally be able to do.

Your hot tub can be beneficial in easing a range of different chronic conditions throughout the winter months and beyond:

• Back pain and Sciatica – back pains and symptoms related to sciatica can make it difficult to move freely. Hot tub hydroptherapy helps to warm and loosen your muscles to provide an improved range of motion. Time in the hot tub is ideal for carrying out some light stretches to help loosen your body.
• Arthritis and Fibromyalgia – Hydrotherapy can be effective in easing arthritis and fibromyalgia pain through a combination of heated jet massage to improve bloodflow to reduce inflammation and swelling, along with buoyancy to support the weight of your arms and legs to lessen pressure on joints.
• Muscular pains – As well as chronic physical pains, stress, anxiety and depression can be ongoing complaints that can be heightened in the shorter, darker and colder days. Muscle tightness can go hand in hand with these issues, leading to long lasting aches and pains. Your hot tub provides a useful way to ease muscle tensions to help you feel better physically. Hydrotherapy also helps to balance your hormones; improved bloodflow helps to increase levels of happy hormones like serotonin and dopamine, whilst helping to decrease cortisol and epinephrine levels in your body, aiding the fight against depression, anxiety and stress.

Hot tub hydrotherapy for you

If you are looking for a hot tub to offer hydrotherapy to help ease chronic pain throughout the winter and beyond, then All Weather Leisure can help. Browse our website to learn more about the leading water jetting technologies from leading hot tub manufacturers such as Jacuzzi, or visit us at one of our Midlands hot tub showrooms