Stretching Can Increase Your Tolerance for Pain

To stretch or not to stretch?

拉伸還是不拉伸？

Should you do it before or after exercise? Does it prevent or heal injuries? Stretching is always a hot topic.

你應(yīng)該在運(yùn)動(dòng)前還是運(yùn)動(dòng)后做？拉升能防止或治療損傷嗎？拉伸運(yùn)動(dòng)始終是一個(gè)熱門話題。

However, while it is effective in improving flexibility, its usefulness in reducing pain is being questioned.

然而，雖然拉升能有效提高靈活性，但拉伸在減少疼痛方面作用卻受到了質(zhì)疑。

Back pain is one of the most prevalent health conditions in our society. Up to 80 per cent of the population may suffer from it at least once in their lifetime. Many sufferers do not improve after treatment.

背部疼痛是我們社會(huì)中最普遍的健康狀況之一。高達(dá)80%的人口在其一生中可能至少遭受過(guò)一次。許多患者在治療后沒(méi)有改善。

What makes treatments work or not? Answering this question could improve the quality of life of millions of people.

是什么讓治療有效或無(wú)效？回答這個(gè)問(wèn)題便可改善數(shù)百萬(wàn)人的生活質(zhì)量。

Health care professionals, including physiotherapists, often prescribe exercises such as stretching to reduce pain.

包括物理治療師在內(nèi)的衛(wèi)生保健專業(yè)人員經(jīng)常進(jìn)行拉伸練習(xí)，以減輕疼痛。

It has long been accepted that stretching provides pain relief by increasing range of motion and decreasing muscle tone, which give the impression that there is less pain.

長(zhǎng)期以來(lái)，人們都認(rèn)為，拉伸運(yùn)動(dòng)可擴(kuò)張運(yùn)動(dòng)范圍，降低肌肉張力，借此緩解疼痛，這給人的感覺(jué)就像是疼痛感減少了。

However, this perceived pain relief is rarely found to be directly associated with pain reduction. In fact, a recent study showed that increased flexibility was actually associated with a greater tolerance for pain, which occurs during the stretching.

然而，這種感覺(jué)到的疼痛緩解很少被發(fā)現(xiàn)與疼痛減少直接相關(guān)。事實(shí)上，最近的一項(xiàng)研究表明，實(shí)際上，靈活性增加與更高疼痛容忍度有關(guān)，這發(fā)生在拉伸的過(guò)程中。

It's possible that stretching actually impacts pain perception by activating the areas in our central nervous system that modulate pain.

拉伸可能實(shí)際上是通過(guò)激活我們中樞神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)中調(diào)節(jié)疼痛的區(qū)域來(lái)影響疼痛的感覺(jué)。

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