Stretching Can Increase Your Tolerance for Pain
To stretch or not to stretch?
拉伸还是不拉伸？
Should you do it before or after exercise? Does it prevent or heal injuries? Stretching is always a hot topic.
你应该在运动前还是运动后做？拉升能防止或治疗损伤吗？拉伸运动始终是一个热门话题。
However, while it is effective in improving flexibility, its usefulness in reducing pain is being questioned.
然而，虽然拉升能有效提高灵活性，但拉伸在减少疼痛方面作用却受到了质疑。
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.
背部疼痛是我们社会中最普遍的健康状况之一。高达80%的人口在其一生中可能至少遭受过一次。许多患者在治疗后没有改善。
What makes treatments work or not? Answering this question could improve the quality of life of millions of people.
是什么让治疗有效或无效？回答这个问题便可改善数百万人的生活质量。
Health care professionals, including physiotherapists, often prescribe exercises such as stretching to reduce pain.
包括物理治疗师在内的卫生保健专业人员经常进行拉伸练习，以减轻疼痛。
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.
长期以来，人们都认为，拉伸运动可扩张运动范围，降低肌肉张力，借此缓解疼痛，这给人的感觉就像是疼痛感减少了。
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，这种感觉到的疼痛缓解很少被发现与疼痛减少直接相关。事实上，最近的一项研究表明，实际上，灵活性增加与更高疼痛容忍度有关，这发生在拉伸的过程中。
It's possible that stretching actually impacts pain perception by activating the areas in our central nervous system that modulate pain.
拉伸可能实际上是通过激活我们中枢神经系统中调节疼痛的区域来影响疼痛的感觉。
2026年3月3日于经典龙苑
