Painkiller exercise High-intensity exercise relieves pain more than low-intensity activity – but only in males with high fitness levels.

You can find the eLife Science Digest for our paper here elifesciences.org/digests/1023... 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

Acute aerobic exercise intensity does not modulate pain potentially due to differences in fitness levels and sex effects: results from a pharmacological fMRI study Exercise intensity alone does not differentially reduce pain, but individual factors like fitness level and sex, along with opioid mechanisms, may influence exercise-induced pain relief.

Our paper is now out in @elife.bsky.social: Acute aerobic exercise intensity does not modulate pain potentially due to differences in fitness levels and sex effects: results from a pharmacological fMRI study (with @christianbuchel.bsky.social and Tahmine Fadai). Read it here: doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Thank you @dhewitt.bsky.social, it’s really amazing! ☀️