🌦️ Weather, Pain & Performance: Why Your Body Aches More in Spring (And What You Can Do About It)

Ando Wellness | Massage, Acupuncture & Dry Cupping in Liverpool

Spring in the UK means longer days, bursts of sunshine—and unpredictable weather. One day it’s warm and breezy, the next it’s damp and chilly again. But have you ever noticed that your body seems to ache more when the weather turns?

You’re not imagining it. Changes in weather, especially during spring, can directly affect how our joints, muscles, and nervous systems feel and function. At Ando Wellness in Liverpool, we’ve seen a real uptick in people booking sports massage, acupuncture, and cupping this time of year—and there’s a very good reason for it.

Let’s break down how the weather messes with your body—and what you can do to stay mobile, pain-free, and ready for whatever spring brings.

🌬️ Why Does Spring Weather Make You Feel Stiff or Achy?

Your body is incredibly responsive to your environment. When spring weather fluctuates—temperature drops, air pressure changes, or dampness rises—it can:

• Cause muscles to tighten up

• Create pressure shifts in your joints

• Increase inflammation in old injuries or chronic pain conditions

• Make your nervous system more sensitive

Research backs this up. A 2020 study published in BMJ Open found that people with long-term pain conditions like arthritis reported increased symptoms during periods of cold, humid weather. The likely culprits? Changes in barometric pressure (the weight of the air around us), and the way colder air affects circulation and nerve sensitivity.

It’s not just people with joint issues either—many of our clients without chronic pain conditions still report muscle tightness and reduced mobility when the weather changes. It’s especially common in people who are already active, training outdoors, or working long hours sitting or standing.

🧠 The Nervous System Reacts to the Season Too

Your muscles and joints aren’t the only ones responding to spring shifts—your nervous system is too. As daylight increases and social calendars fill up, many of us start pushing ourselves harder, often without realising how tension builds up in the body.

When the nervous system is in a state of stress or low-grade alert, it becomes more reactive to physical changes—like colder air, damp environments, or increased training loads.

Massage, trigger point therapy, acupuncture, and breathwork can all help reset this response and bring your body back to a state of balance.

🧴 Treatments That Help You Feel Better in Unpredictable Weather

At Ando Wellness, we recommend combining hands-on therapies to help ease pain, improve circulation, and calm the nervous system during transitional seasons like spring.

✔️ Sports Massage

Perfect for easing muscular tightness caused by cold weather or increased activity. It improves blood flow, helps you recover faster from training, and keeps your fascia (connective tissue) healthy and mobile.

✔️ Dry Cupping Therapy

Cupping gently lifts the fascia and creates space in tight tissues, improving circulation and helping with deep muscular release—especially helpful for back stiffness or shoulder pain that tends to flare up in damp weather.

✔️ Acupuncture for Seasonal Pain

Acupuncture helps reduce inflammation and supports circulation in a way that’s subtle but powerful. A 2018 study in the Journal of Pain Research found that acupuncture can reduce pain sensitivity and improve function in people affected by weather-linked pain.

Our clients often describe acupuncture sessions as both physically relieving and mentally calming—a welcome reset when the body’s been feeling “off.”

🧘‍♀️ Simple At-Home Tips for Managing Weather-Related Aches

Between treatments, a few small habits can help you stay ahead of the tension:

• Stay warm, especially early in the day—layer up even if it feels like spring outside

• Hydrate well—damp, chilly days can still cause dehydration, which affects joint lubrication

• Move gently and often—stretch in the mornings, take walks, don’t let stiffness settle

• Try breathwork or meditation—this helps calm the nervous system and reduce body tension

📍 Ready to Feel More Like Yourself Again?

If the changing weather has left you feeling stiff, sore, or off-balance, it’s a great time to book a session at Ando Wellness in Liverpool. Whether you’re dealing with joint discomfort, post-exercise tightness, or just feeling out of sync, we’ll tailor your treatment using a combination of:

• Sports massage

• Trigger point release

• Dry cupping

• Acupuncture

• Guided breath techniques

We’re here to help your body adapt to the season—so you can keep moving, training, and living well.

📅 Book your session now | 🌿 Ando Wellness Liverpool