And just as you don't need to feel uncomfortable while
exercising to get physically stronger, there's no need to view
recurring pain as something you should also gut out. A grin-and-
bear-it mentality could lead you to not acknowledge pain when
you feel it and delay seeking medical attention. "There's a
reason pain occurs and it's often to make us stop doing
something," said Dr. Carmen Green, an associate professor of
anesthesiology and director of the pain research division at the
University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor. The following
are seven other misconceptions about pain that we ran by four
experts so they could set the record straight for you. Even
premature babies have the neurological development to experience
the adverse physical effects of pain, such as increased stress
hormones, increased heart rate, difficulty breathing and poorer
outcomes after surgery, pointed out Dr. Lonnie Zeltzer, director
of the pediatrics pain program at UCLA Mattel Children's
Hospital in Los Angeles. What's more,