{"id":7839,"date":"2019-09-09T13:19:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T17:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/?p=7839"},"modified":"2019-09-09T13:27:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T17:27:03","slug":"nprs-morning-edition-interviews-kirsten-ambrose-regarding-the-ability-of-physical-activity-to-reduce-chronic-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/nprs-morning-edition-interviews-kirsten-ambrose-regarding-the-ability-of-physical-activity-to-reduce-chronic-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR&#8217;s &#8220;Morning Edition&#8221; Interviews Kirsten Ambrose Regarding the Ability of Physical Activity To Reduce Chronic Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2019\/09\/IMG_2156-Kirsten-slct-smsq-280x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2019\/09\/IMG_2156-Kirsten-slct-smsq-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2019\/09\/IMG_2156-Kirsten-slct-smsq-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2019\/09\/IMG_2156-Kirsten-slct-smsq-955x1024.jpg 955w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/>The latest research shows that exercise can not only build strength and reduce inflammation, it can also help the body to produce natural pain reducing chemicals and activate pain reducing mechanisms in the body.\u00a0 You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/09\/09\/758943492\/exercise-can-help-reduce-chronic-pain-researchers-say\">listen to the NPR segment here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest research shows that exercise can not only build strength and reduce inflammation, it can also help the body to produce natural pain reducing chemicals and activate pain reducing mechanisms in the body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58060,"featured_media":7844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NPR&#039;s &quot;Morning Edition&quot; 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