New Findings on Recovery and Pain After Exercise!
Certain individuals experience worse pain recovery after exercise. To explore why, researchers including Roland Staud, Meryl Alappattu, Jeff Boissoneault and Mark Bishop, amongst others, conducted an exercise test designed to induce delayed onset muscle soreness on ten participants and compared them with ten participants who didn’t experience muscle pain.
It was found that the individuals with chronic widespread muscle pain had a delayed pain recovery that was linked to a difference in brain connectivity, specifically within the sensorimotor and frontoparietal networks, which are involved in pain processing, body awareness, and movement control, suggesting that individuals with chronic widespread muscle pain may have altered pain responses to muscle strain, potentially making them more sensitive to exercise-induced pain.
The article detailing the study and findings, “Delayed Recovery After Exercise-Induced Pain in People with Chronic Widespread Muscle Pain Related to Cortical Connectivity” has been published in Brain Science. Check it out!
Fillingim Inducted Into ASEMFL!
Congratulations to Dr. Roger Fillingim, who was inducted into the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida.
The prestigious career accolade recognizes his world-renowned pain research and honors his outstanding service and leadership. Find out more about Dr. Fillingim’s prestigious induction here!