Exercise reduces inflammation, reducing pain and dysfunction

Exercise increases the body's own pain relieving substances, which in turn helps reduce inflammation and could potentially help treat certain conditions such as arthritis, cancer and heart disease.

This article in Science Daily refers to a study conducted by the University of Nottingham into the effects of strength training on their pain levels.

"At the end of the study, participants who did the exercise intervention had not only reduced their pain, but they also had more microbes in their guts of the kind that produce anti-inflammatory substances, lower levels of cytokines and higher levels of endocannabinoids. "

This study tends to confirm my own experience, and that of clients over the years. Namely, that appropriate exercise tends to reduce pain and dysfunction relating to arthritis and other health conditions. There is a lot you can do to improve your symptoms by taking action with exercise and nutrition.

You can access the article here:

Exercise increases the body’s own ‘cannabis-like' substance which reduces chronic inflammation