Winter Back Pain Due to Lack of Vitamin D?

This is quite an interesting, and quite topical given the time of year, with winter just about over, article on the Medical News Today website.

I suppose it’s no secret to most of us with back problems that they do seem to be worse in the winter. Now research has shown that a lack of vitamin D is the possible cause for much winter back pain.

Vitamin D is produced in the body by reaction to sunlight,  the main source of which is obviously less in wintertime. Vitamin D in turn is responsible for the absorbtion of calcium, and it is the resultant lack of calcium that causes problems.

This story goes on to list sources of vitamin D apart from sunlight. Most of us probably get sufficient vitamin D in our diets anyway, but it does make interesting reading. Read the story here.