Body under stress by purpose

Tieteisuutinen "Stressing out your body could help control chronic inflammation" on julkaistu Los Angeles Timesissa 6.5.2014 ja artikkelin on kirjoittanut Melissa Healy.  Se kertoo siitä kuinka tutkijat ovat huomanneet, että kun keholle aiheutetaan rasitusta esimerkiksi rajulla kylmentämisellä, immuunisysteemi lakkaa toimimasta. Koska kroonista kipua aiheuttaa se että immuunisysteemi on liian aktiivinen, kehon rasittamisesta voisi olla paljon apua kroonisesta kivusta kärsiville.

It doesn't sound that incredible that to get rid off constant pain, people should suffer in cold. But to help understand how our body works reaserchers must make studies that may seem  odd to us. And like the text says, no one trying to say that people with chronic inflammation should just roll in snow from time to time. Now when doctors have found out what works, they are creating safer forms to do the same. Because painkillers often have bad side effects, it would be magnificent to see that it's possible to have working non-pharmaceutical treatment.