Getting safe (non-burning) sun exposure is important for everyone's health, but it could be particularly helpful for people with arthrofibrosis.
Article written December 2023 by Dr Kayley Usher (Clinical Researcher)
Research indicates that getting outdoors in the early post-operative period is likely to be important for helping the body to control the inflammatory and fibrotic responses and preventing inflammatory feedback effects becoming established. For people with long-term arthrofibrosis getting daily sunlight outdoors could be considered as an additive to anti-inflammatory medications for controlling symptoms.
The beneficial effects of sunlight may be why many people with joint disease report that their symptoms improve in the summer months.
For more information, see my article Light as medicine
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