{"id":1518,"date":"2025-02-04T16:42:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/12\/dogs-can-soothe-feelings-of-physical-pain\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T16:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:42:12","slug":"dogs-can-soothe-feelings-of-physical-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/dogs-can-soothe-feelings-of-physical-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs can soothe feelings of physical pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2024-09-12 15:33:02<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Cuddling up to a dog can reduce symptoms of pain.<BR><br \/>\nBoffins in Germany have discovered that the presence of a canine can minimise feelings of pain during recoveries from physical ordeals and is a more effective relief than having another human nearby.<BR><br \/>\nTwo experiments carried out by experts at Germany&#8217;s Humboldt University involved more than 100 women placing their hands in icy water and found that the participants reported less pain in the company of dogs compared to other people.<BR><br \/>\nUnsurprisingly, an even stronger reduction in pain was reported when the females were accompanied by their own pooches during the experiment.<BR><br \/>\nExperts have theorised that dogs offer &#8220;unconditional&#8221; support for a person enduring pain whereas humans tend to &#8220;socially judge&#8221; in such situations.<BR><br \/>\nThe team said: &#8220;Participants accompanied by their dog reported less pain and showed lower physiological pain reactions, greater pain tolerance, and less intense facial displays of pain.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Pet dogs may help individuals to cope with painful situations, especially if the individual in pain generally feels affectionate towards dogs.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangpremier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Visit Bang Premier (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024-09-12 15:33:02 Cuddling up to a dog can reduce symptoms of pain. Boffins in Germany have discovered that the presence of a canine can minimise feelings of pain during recoveries&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1519,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518\/revisions\/1519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}