This content was created by Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter. This content was uploaded by Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter. This is a YouTube video titled "The Link Between Stress and Joint Pain" created on July 4, 2025, featuring Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter discussing the effects of cortisol on inflammation and joint pain, highlighting both its short-term benefits and long-term negative impacts.
So cortisol in the short term can be a really positive thing.
Cortisol. Very short bursts of cortisol, like after you work out, or maybe after you have a stressor, like a cold plunge or a sauna, you'll get a little burst of cortisol. Cortisol actually works on the inflammatory cascade and blunts that inflammatory cascade. That's why we use steroids in things like rheumatoid arthritis. That's why it's so popular to inject steroids into arthritic joints, because it helps with inflammation. Unfortunately, those steroids really destroy the joint when we inject them. And cortisol itself, if we have a long term release of cortisol, and that really creates a simmering inflammation in the body, it also suppresses our ability to deal with pain. Being stressed out makes you more susceptible to pain. So cortisol, over a long period of time can be a really, really bad thing.
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