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Does chronic pain increase your pain tolerance?

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Doctors know chronic pain changes the way the spinal cord, nerves, and brain process unpleasant stimuli. Past experiences, as well as trauma, can influence a person's sensitivity and perception of pain. Pain researchers believe regular exposure to painful stimuli can increase one's pain tolerance. read more

It can increase your pain tolerance, but not always. It comes to a matter of scale and how much you are forced to have pain, wanted or not. For example, my pain level hangs at about a 4 on the 1-10 pain scale used for measuring pain. There are times it can go higher, but never lower. read more

Pain tolerance is your body and mind’s ability to tolerate pain. Some people can tolerate high amounts of pain while others cannot. If you suffer from chronic pain, it's possible to increase your pain tolerance using relaxation strategies, physical activity, and lifestyle changes, which could improve your quality of life. read more

Whereas in people with chronic pain, exercise training over weeks and months is likely to reduce pain, but a single bout of exercise will often make it worse.” But research shows that when performed correctly, regular and consistent exercise does have a positive impact on chronic pain patients, he said. read more

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