Resilience Through Resistance: How Strength Training Reduces Pain

Chronic pain often leads to physical deconditioning. Resistance training reverses this trend, promoting musculoskeletal health, improving pain tolerance, and enhancing functional independence. Children build strength through play, lifting, climbing, and exploring — we can emulate that approach for lifelong resilience.

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• Resistance training strengthens the muscles that support joints, improving biomechanics and reducing pain.

• A systematic review in Pain Physician (2017) found resistance training significantly reduced pain in patients with chronic low back pain (Pain Physician Journal).

• Resistance work increases pain thresholds through central and peripheral adaptations — a concept known as “exercise-induced hypoalgesia.”

• Kids are natural resistance trainers — every time they climb a tree, push a toy, or carry a backpack, they’re engaging in functional strength work.

• Adults can take a cue from this and integrate squats, pushups, and resistance bands into daily routines.

Take the first rep toward resilience.Call 605-342-3280 to build a customized strength plan tailored to your pain condition and goals.