234 You Don’t Need to Lose Weight to Get Out of Pain

The Body Nerd Show

Would it surprise you to know that you don’t need to lose weight to get out of pain?

I frequently get messages that include something along the lines of “I know I need to lose weight but…” which breaks my heart because I believe that life without pain is possible for everyone - no matter what your body looks like or feels like right now.

We’ve been sold this idea that the pain in our joints is directly related to body mass. But time and time again - the research does not find this to be true.

You don’t need to lose weight to get out of pain.

And the idea that some amount of pain is something we have to just “live with” because of our age or body type is nonsense.

You’ll learn:

• Why you don't need to lose weight to get out of pain
• Why focusing on BMI is a waste of time (and missing the point)
• How there is no definitive scientific link between body mass, weight loss, and pain

All the links:

• The association between chronic pain and obesity. J Pain Res. 2015;8:399-408. Published 2015 Jul 14
• Evers Larsson, U. Influence of weight loss on pain, perceived disability and observed functional limitations in obese women. Int J Obes 28, 269–277 (2004).
• Effect of weight loss on musculoskeletal pain in the morbidly obese. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume 1990 72-B:2, 322-323
• Unraveling the Directional Link between Adiposity and Inflammation: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Approach, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 95, Issue 1, 1 January 2010
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