High amount of psychological stress has harmful effect on the body's ability to modulate physical pain, according to a study conducted by American Friends of Tel Aviv University (TAU).
Researchers examined a group of healthy young male adults and observed that although pain tolerance seemed unaffected by stress, there was a significant increase in pain intensification and a decrease in pain inhibition capabilities.
Simple Ways to Deal with Work Related Stress
Work-related stress has many causes and symptoms. But there are ways workplace stress can be managed with ease.
Advertisement
Prof. Ruth Defrin of Physical Therapy at TAU's said, "The type of stress and magnitude of its appraisal actually determines its interaction with the pain system, so if the perceived stress was high, the pain modulation capabilities would be more dysfunctional. Previous studies have always suggested that chronic stress was far more damaging than acute stress, as it not only dysfunctions pain modulation capabilities but also leads to chronic pain and systemic illness."
researcher Defrin concluded and advised to do everything in a controlled power and adopt relaxation and stress reduction techniques as well as therapies to reduce the amount of stress in life.
The study has been published in the journal PAIN.
Source: Medindia
The study has been published in the journal PAIN.
Source: Medindia
Yoga for Stress
Tap into the powers of mind-body therapy called yoga and find out how you can use yoga for effective stress management.
Advertisement
 Stress and the Gender DivideStress has become entwined in the current lifestyle of a young working couple and has resulted in the rise in incidence of hypertension, diabetes and psychosomatic illnesses. | Advertisement
|
Tension Headache
Tension headache or Stress Headache is the most common type of headache that occurs at any age, and is characterized by pain in head, scalp and neck along with muscle stiffness.
Advertisement
Recommended Reading
Latest Research News
Tobacco smoke contains toxic chemicals which damage lungs, weaken the immune system and cause tuberculosis.
Identifying an unappreciated relationship between brain shape and activity overturns the century-old paradigm emphasizing the importance of complex brain connectivity.
Decoding the eight factors affecting Black adults' life expectancy.
Sobering truth about foot travel in the United States emerges from international statistics, highlighting the prevalence of walking on the Blacksburg campus.
Unveiling a hidden mechanism, proteins within brain cells exhibit newfound abilities at synapses, reinforcing Darwin's theory of adaptation and diversity in the natural world.