Exercise of any amount could help increase pain tolerance, new study finds
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A recent study published in the journal PLOS One found that regular exercise is an effective way to reduce or prevent chronic pain without the use of medication.
"The main takeaway is that engaging in habitual physical activity in your leisure time seems to be connected with your pain tolerance — the more active you are, the higher your tolerance is likely to be," Anders Pedersen Årnes, the lead author from the University Hospital of North Norway, told Fox News Digital in an email. The higher the total activity levels, the greater the person’s pain tolerance. "We expected to see smaller effects for women, but that was not the case here." "Increasing your physical activity level could do you a lot of good." Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
Researchers analyzed a sample of 10,732 participants from the Tromsø study, Norway’s largest population study.