The Relationship between Exercise and Reducing Musculoskeletal Pain

AIm: Chronic pain is defined as pain beyond normal tissue lasting for ۱۲ weeks or more. It contributes to disability, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, poor quality of life, and healthcare costs. Although, the treatment choice for chronic pain maybe included recommendations for rest and inactivity, exercise may have specific benefits in reducing the severity of chronic pain, as well as more general benefits associated with improved overall physical and mental health, and physical functioning. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the relationship between exercise doing and musculoskeletal pain. Methods and Instruments: This descriptive study was conducted among academic people working in Tarbiat Modares University from Jan to Apr ۲۰۲۰. The volunteer subjects were entered into this study after being informed about the aim and procedure of the study and signing the consent form. In this study, the relationship between doing exercise and musculoskeletal pain was investigated. A researcher –made questionnaire based on the objectives of the study as well as a demographic characteristics questionnaire were used to collect data. In the objective based questionnaire, the participants were asked about their exercise doing and musculoskeletal pain. The response options to the questions were as Yes or No. Finally, the data were entered into SPSS version ۲۶ software and statistically analyzed using descriptive analysis as frequency/percent and analytical analysis as chi-square test. Findings: Totally ۹۳ participants with mean age of ۳۶.۱۵±۱۱.۴۲ years old including students (۴۱.۹%), employees (۵۴.۷%) and professor (۳.۵%) were participated in the study. Furthermore, ۴۱.۴% of the participants were men and ۵۸.۶% were women. According the results, there was a significant relationship between exercise and reduction of musculoskeletal pain (p<۰.۰۰۰۱) Mann Whitney’s test showed that there was a significant relationship between gender and exercise activity (P value= <.۰۰۱), which was higher in men than women. Conclusion: This study showed that the participants who did exercise they were less suffering from musculoskeletal pain.

Keywords:

Exercise , cChronic Musculoskeletal Pain , Relationship