\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Some researchers are now looking into the possibility that one of the things that happens is that the nervous system becomes hyperactive to pain. This means that it takes a much lower stimulus to provoke a pain interpretation in the brain. Instead of a deep pressure to evoke a pain sensation, it only takes a light pressure. Instead of a lot of a muscle activity to make your muscles feel sore – it just takes a little bit of activity. Your brain is “primed” to feel the pain.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Additionally, nerve pathways are “learned” pathways and they build reflexes or associated pathways. Just as an athlete practices and trains their muscles to respond in a certain way – your body and nerves “learn” to react in certain ways. The longer time you have pain – the body (muscles and nerves) learn to react in a particular way and develop into bad habits. We have to “re-train” both your nerves and your muscles to react in different “good” ways.<\/p>\n\n
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