How can exercise help manage pain when it hurts to move?

How can exercise help manage pain when it hurts to move?

Marc Darrow (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Joint Rehabilitation Sports Medical Center, Inc. ) gives expert video advice on: How can exercise help manage pain when it hurts to move?

Exercise is also very important in the management of chronic pain. Yes, it does hurt to move; yes, it does hurt to have chronic pain; and yes, when you have exercise soreness there is pain, but in my experience with my own body and from information from my patients, people feel a lot better when they're exercising. Patients feel so much better when they are exercising. They have a lot of endorphins running around their system, which reduce pain. They feel better about themselves. They look in the mirror and they have a better body image by losing some fat and gaining some muscle. There's also more range of motion and there's more blood supply to an area. I say exercise is one of the best ways of reducing chronic pain.