Dolorology (PAIN) with Rachel Zoffness
Ologies with Alie Ward
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How Touch Inhibits Pain
A lot of people want to know how touch inhibits pain and if scratching or applying pressure helps alleviate pain, what's happening there? I want everyone to know I'm doing a dance of joy in my chair. What we know about pain is that touch does actually gate pain. So one of the things that can be on a low pain recipe for people, by the way, is getting massages and hugging people.
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