According to a story on science daily.com a recent study by researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of California, reveals that, for people with chronic back pain, having a little adversity in your life can be protective and beneficial.
A study of nearly 400 adults suffering with chronic back pain, who also had experienced some lifetime adversity, reported less physical impairment, disability and heavy utilization of health care than those who had experienced either no adversity or a high level of adversity.
So says the author of the study, Mark Seery, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at Buffalo University. He does however emphasise that the key to the benefit is the experience of "some" prior adverse events as opposed to many or none at all. So don’t all go rushing out trying to get some hardship into your lives.
This is a fascinating study, and although it may seem a little way out there, the results do seem to prove the point. Although I’m not too sure of the practical applications.
If you want to read the whole thing, and it does make interesting reading, go here.
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