Get More Sun to Reduce Joint and Muscle Pain Getting 15 minutes of daily sun exposure (without sunscreen) can cut your risk of ever developing joint pain by 67 percent. A few minutes in the sun can also slow the progression of arthritis by 50 percent or more, and erase muscle aches and pains in as little as three months, say Tufts University researchers. “Sunshine helps your body make vitamin D, a nutrient that’s absolutely essential for the growth of healthy, shock-absorbing joint cartilage and for preventing painful inflammation inside muscles and joints,” explains Michael Holick, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine in Boston, Mass. If you’re rarely outdoors -- or the skies are often dreary where you live -- taking 1,000 International Units of vitamin D daily can fill this nutrition gap, say Tufts researchers. Read More ivillage/odd-remedies-heal-pms-sleep-apnea-headaches-and-your-other-everyday-pains/4-b-435794#ixzz2WbWrUWhX Sign up for iVillage Special Offers
Posted on: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:08:36 +0000