Regular exercise may boost pain tolerance — a new finding that may have implications for those experiencing chronic pain, new research suggests. In a large observational study of more than 10,000 ...

A new analysis of data from more than 10,000 adults shows that people who were physically active had higher pain tolerance than those who were sedentary, and that those with a higher level of activity ...

To the long list of the benefits of physical activity, researchers have just added one more thing: a greater ability to handle pain. A recent study published in the journal PLOS One found that regular ...

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Not only does exercising result in becoming fit — both mentally and physically — while keeping chronic lifestyle diseases at bay but it has another major benefit: higher pain tolerance. According to a ...

That mirror you look into every morning is revealing more about your pain tolerance than you ever imagined. The same genes that determine whether you have brown, blue, green, or hazel eyes are also ...

This guest post was contributed by Mariel Bello, a graduate student in the USC Psychology Department's Clinical Science program. If you’re like me, you were taught as a child to never swear, or else ...

You call your best friend to go out for the night, to share some good or bad news, or to talk over a difficult situation. But do you ever look to your friends to ease your physical pain? A recent ...

If you stub your toe or slam your finger in a door, there’s a good chance the first thing out of your mouth is a four-letter word. But although swearing is a near-universal feature of language, it is ...