Well it's certainly chilly at the moment, but a new study show that the it's not the cold making your aches and pains worse!

There has been a long held belief that when the weather turns cold,we feel are aches that much more, however the latest study suggests we are just feeling the pain of learned association. According to Chris Maher, professor at The George Institute For Global Health, “Human beings are very susceptible so it’s easy to see why we might only take note of pain on the days when it’s cold and rainy outside, but discount the days when they have symptoms but the weather is mild and sunny.” 

The study looked at a sample of 1000 back pain sufferers, studying pain levels in relation to the weather, and found no correlation between them. This suggests that, rather than blame the weather, we should look at the elements we can control.