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The three basic strategies to increasing pain thresholds and tolerance are chemical, physical, and mental.
Chemical strategies include things like opiates, anti-inflammatories, and anesthetics, but some novel strategies involving desensitizing compounds like capscaicin have worked for some.
Physical strategies include physical exercise, cold water desensitization (induced hypothermia), and desensitization by repeated stimulation. Both aerobic and muscle training increase thresholds and tolerance.
Mental strategies involve meditation, breathing techniques, hypnosis, or combinations and variations therof.
Combinations of these strategies have been shown to be therapeutic for occupational therapy applications, chronic pain management, sports, and military training.
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Threshold of human in db?
The threshold of hearing is 0 dB. The threshold of pain = 137.5 dB.
What does a low pain threshold mean?
it means your body sends more pain then needed towards places that have been punched, kicked ect then someone with regular pain threshold. as pain is just a message from your body saying to stop but if you have a low pain threshold your body sends too much pain.
What is a word to define the ability to endure pain?
pain threshold
Explain the difference between high and low pain threshold during labor?
Well if you have a 'high pain threshold' you seem to feel a lot more pain then you do if you have a 'low pain treshol'.
What is a high threshold?
Having a high pain threshold means you can take more pain than most people without it becoming unbearable
What is a pain threshold?
A pain threshold is the point at which a person starts to feel discomfort or pain from a stimulus. It is the level of intensity at which a person perceives a sensation as painful. Different individuals have different pain thresholds.
When is a woman's pain threshold the highest?
When she is giving birth.
What SPL is the threshold of pain?
130 dB is an SPL commonly considered to be the threshold of pain. Between 120 and 140. http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~jos/st/DB_SPL.html
What actors and actresses appeared in Pain Threshold - 2001?
The cast of Pain Threshold - 2001 includes: Lucy Diamondz as herself Tara Indiana as herself Fiona Loren as herself
Differentiate threshold of hearing and threshold of pain?
The threshold of hearing is the minimum sound level that a person can hear when no other sounds are present. This point will vary from person to person, but is typically reported as the RMS sound pressure of 20 micropascals or 2×10−4 dynes per square centimeter - that equals 0 dBSPL. The threshold of pain is the point at which pain begins to be felt. It is an entirely subjective phenomenon. The pressure at which sound begins to feel painful is the pain threshold pressure. It starts with 20 pascals or 120 dBSPL to be painful.
What is high threshold means?
A high threshold means that there is low sensitivity towards the measure. For example, if an individual has a high pain threshold, it means they are not very sensitive to pain. That is, it will require a lot more pain for them to respond due to their high (pain) threshold. The idea of sensitivities and thresholds can be applied to many areas of psychology such as contrasts and spatial frequencies just to name a few.
What is the difference between Pain Threshold and Pain Tolerance?
Pain Threshold is the level at which a person first begins to experience Pain from a stimulus, either artificial or biological. A person's Pain Tolerance level, is the overall level of Pain a person can tolerate before breaking down either physically or mentally. A person's Threshold level increases as their Pain Tolerance increases - this can be achieved either through deliberate means in those who have not been injured or otherwise have no other reason for Pain (Martial Artists are the best example of this) or in those with chronic pain it will occur naturally over time. Martial Artists such as myself use techniques to increase both the Pain Threshold and Tolerance level. It is that training which has provided me with the best pain control over the years, even though I also use very high doses of opiates for pain control. Pain Tolerance can also be elevated with opiate drugs, and is the basis for most pain treatment programs. While human Pain Threshold is relatively low for most people (it doesn't take much to feel pain - even a needle or pin prick will do) Pain Tolerance is another matter. The human body can withstand a lot of pain before breaking down, and for those like me who deal with constant levels of high pain on a regular basis every day, the tolerance level is very high, almost dangerously so.
