Can Staying Active Help to Prevent Chronic Pain? Physical Activity Affects Pain Modulation in Older Adults
(WorldNews Netherlands)

Older adults with higher levels of physical activity have pain modulation patterns that might help lower their risk of developing chronic pain, reports a study in PAIN®, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer. In tests of pain processing by the central nervous system, physically active older adults have lower pain perception and are better able to block responses to painful stimuli, according to the new research by Kelly M. Naugle, PhD, and colleagues of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. `This study provides the first objective evidence suggesting that physical activity behavior is...