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 (DIR) Post #A5OgGLOUCE4CPpTjk0 by ArtistBristol@spinster.xyz
       2021-03-20T09:31:21.515505Z
       
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       I just thought this was funny. It wouldnt work for someone like me, who is disabled in one arm and has arthritis in the other hand, but I guess an able bodied woman could do it. https://youtu.be/88LFe5TnEig
       
 (DIR) Post #A5OpZOi0ziktmom0m0 by B_Reasonable@spinster.xyz
       2021-03-20T10:03:25.361720Z
       
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       @ArtistBristol And speaking of arthritis, have you noticed if yours gets worse in the winter time?
       
 (DIR) Post #A5OpZP9JMEad9TXoJs by ArtistBristol@spinster.xyz
       2021-03-20T11:15:38.780042Z
       
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       @B_Reasonable I find it gets worse with ANY change in the weather ( and because our weather in the UK is changeable all the time, it's very rare to have a 'good day'). There's lots of studies been done on this, and still lots of controversy. The best time with my arthritis was when I was exercising regularly, which is over a year ago now, before the pandemic. So you're in a spiral of "it's cold and miserable outside/ I don't feel like going for a walk/my joints  hurt/ we're in Lockdown anyway". Then the lack of activity has knock on effects on everything else - diabetes control, heart, muscle atrophy, weight gain, etc etc.https://www.healthspan.co.uk/advice/does-cold-weather-make-joint-pain-worse
       
 (DIR) Post #A5OsTbYmbLAhlhNu5I by B_Reasonable@spinster.xyz
       2021-03-20T11:27:28.216805Z
       
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       @ArtistBristol That article, thanks for posting it by the way, was just as inconclusive as the ones I’ve already read. You’d think medical science could figure this out. I have arthritis in one of my ankles. I’m perfectly fine most of the year and then the winter months have me feeling crippled. Everything I’ve read about it pretty much says there’s no connection between arthritis and weather and it’s all in your head. Or maybe, maybe, and maybe it has something to do with barometric pressure. But no real information. Oh well.
       
 (DIR) Post #A5OsTc04xr0R8M9hdA by ArtistBristol@spinster.xyz
       2021-03-20T11:48:12.802207Z
       
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       @B_Reasonable Yeh, that article I grabbed at random, there are loads like it out there. Arthritis is so personal, I guess no one wants to commit to one explanation.
       
 (DIR) Post #A5P0b6xH4aMEnZvklU by Barber_Acrobatic@spinster.xyz
       2021-03-20T12:53:29.678340Z
       
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       @ArtistBristol You could always get some spiky shoulder pauldrons. Tell everyone it's just an avant garde fashion statement