“Know Pain or No Gain.” Essential Pain Facts for Triathletes

Guest post today is all about pain in triathletes, share, like and read!!

1. PAIN IS 100% AN OUTPUT OF THE BRAIN – this is one of the most important facts about pain. There are several examples illustrating this point. A common example is that of the phantom limb. Many amputees will often complain about pain in a limb, which no longer exists. This freaky sensation occurs because a road map to that limb, which exists within the brain, has not been re-written since the limb was lost. So the person will still feel pain, in a limb, despite that limb being gone. Even crazier, research has been performed on treatment approaches which use mirrors, to make the intact limb reflect a healthy image to appear as the amputated limb.

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