Colorado Weather Change Mystery That Might Affect Your Body

Have you been feeling a bit off lately? Maybe your elbow hurts for no appearant reason, or maybe you have had a headache straight from a nightmare. If you said yes, you are not alone in experiencing weird things happening to your body, buy why is it happening?

How Weather and Air Pressure Affect the Body

My wife got into a car accident years ago and to this day, she can say it feels like its going to snow because of the pain that the atmosphere brings before the storm. It's not crazy, it can happen to a lot of people.

One of the biggest factors that many can experience here in Colorado is a change to the barometric pressure. This occurs when the weight of the air changes and presses down on a certain point on the earth.

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Believe it or not, air has a weight to it, even in the thin air of Colorado. Even moreso at our elevations as there is less air above you than somewhere at sea level. Barometric pressure is used by meteorologists to track changes to weather and forecasting. Usually indicating a high or low pressure weather system that is apporaching.

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When the barometric pressure changes, some people can feel joint pain, headaches, migraines, blood pressure issues, respiratory issued, fatigue, dizziness, and other symptoms such as mood changes. Of course, these symptoms can vary person to person, while some may not feel anything at all.

How to Track the Pressure and Learn About Yourself

So if you have been feeling a little out of the ordinary over the past few weeks for no reason, you might want to keep an eye on the barometric pressure, you might just learn something about yourself you didn't know.