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How to raise your pain threshold without painkillers

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Professor Lesley Colvin says we're still learning about the complex relationship between the brain and the perception of pain. Andrew Marr, Lindsey Fitzharris and Dr Emma Byrne discuss techniques for raising your pain threshold, without the use of painkillers. First broadcast on Start the Week, 20 November 2017.

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