Researchers are learning more about how physical activity affects physiological systems to improve pain, in rodents and in people.
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Exercise Can Make Pain Better
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The Role of Expectations in Pain
A study in healthy volunteers shows how pain can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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How Antidepressants Ease Pain from Nerve Injury
A new study identifies two different ways in which antidepressant medications can help improve neuropathic pain.
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Male Mice—and Men—Remember the Pain
A new study shows that males show evidence of “pain memories” when placed in an environment where they had previously experienced pain. Stress may be to blame.
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When Touch Turns to Pain
New research points to the protein Piezo2 as the culprit for allodynia.