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Podcast: Pain Science Podcast
Episode: Episode 240| Pain Medication and Exercise: How Analgesic Medications Impair Healthy Muscle Function With Bahar Shahidi PT, DPT, PhD
Description: We're talking about analgesic medications and how they can have both a positive and a negative impact on how your muscles function. Analgesic medications are simply medicines that are used to alleviate pain. You may have seen them marketed as painkillers or pain relievers. Technically the term analgesic refers to any medication that provides pain relief without putting you to sleep or causing you to lose consciousness. There are many different types of medications that have pain, relieving properties. Some people tend to lump these all together, but they're different groups or types of medications. Â S...