Pain tolerance or threshold

Just wanted to get the forum's take on whether this can be improved, or is it a you either got it or you don't thing. What is the forum's thoughts?

 

I think a lot of it is mental strength, which can be improved

 

It can be improved,just dont focus on the pain.

 

You either got it or you don't. But if you don't, you can still counteract it with mental toughness. imo.

Example A.--External stimuli (body punch) not strong enough to generate 'pain': "That didn't hurt."
Example B.--External stimuli (body punch) causes intense pain: "I EAT THOSE!!!"

 

I've noticed my pain tolerance go up, but I don't know if it is mental or not.

 

Its mental for ****s sake.

 

Do some Muay Thai first, boxing is like fun and games compared to muay thai lol.

 

What is Pain. whats its relevence.

 

To know when we are being damaged, not sure about any other reasons lol.

 

Its relevance is Feel, Conciousness

 

doing muay thai and boxing could mess with your reflexes and the stance is differant, this girl i box with did muay thai and she always lifts up her knee by habit when shes getting swarmed.

 

there was a programme on bbc 2 last night (horizon) on pain. I didnt watch it all but it looked quite interesting , it was showing a family in tuscany that for some unknown reason all have some sort of pain immunity , the grandmother broke her ankle twice and never knew, one of the daughters cant feel cold the other heat and the kids have inherited it from the grandmother and cant feel broken bones.

You could probably get it on the bbc iplayer

 

I'm pretty sure it's safe to say, THIS^

 

i have never had that problem

 

Yes. You can drink.

(And no I don't mean fight drunk. Drinking increases pain tolerance when sober.)