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Related: About this forumOccasional cursing can ease pain
Leave it to the British to find out useful stuff
STAFFORDSHIRE, England, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Occasional cursing can help relieve pain, but swearing doesn't have the same effect for those who do it often, a British study says.
The study by Keele University in Staffordshire, England, found participants who held their hands in a container of ice water and repeated a swear word could keep their hands in the water an average of 40 seconds longer than those who repeated a word other than a curse, the Des Moines (Iowa) Register reported.
But the study, published in the December American Journal of Pain, found nine of the 67 participants didn't benefit from swearing while holding their hands in the ice water.
And the study found those who swear as many as 60 times a day receive less pain relief than those who curse a few times a day. People who curse frequently do so without an emotional response, which reduces the pain-relieving effects, the study said.
The study by Keele University in Staffordshire, England, found participants who held their hands in a container of ice water and repeated a swear word could keep their hands in the water an average of 40 seconds longer than those who repeated a word other than a curse, the Des Moines (Iowa) Register reported.
But the study, published in the December American Journal of Pain, found nine of the 67 participants didn't benefit from swearing while holding their hands in the ice water.
And the study found those who swear as many as 60 times a day receive less pain relief than those who curse a few times a day. People who curse frequently do so without an emotional response, which reduces the pain-relieving effects, the study said.
That's great goddamn news!
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Occasional cursing can ease pain (Original Post)
47of74
Dec 2011
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FirstLight
(13,357 posts)1. well
i guess i am fucked! "rofl:
PDJane
(10,103 posts)2. Does constant cursing work?
This constant pain thing is discouraging.
midnight
(26,624 posts)3. Look at this link...
NOVA LED Light Therapy American Medical Review:
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(17,055 posts)4. This is bad news for me cause I'm a potty mouth often. n/t
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)5. Why did they need a study for this?
Every time we hit our finger with a hammer, or smack our head on an open cupboard door, don't we have to swear? We already knew the pain relief from swearing. Why else would we do it?