The relationship between pain and physical activity hasn’t been studied much in Iceland but foreign studies show that recommended physical activity can decrease the experience of pain and too much activity/inactivity can lead to higher frequency of pain.
Tengsl milli verkja og hreyfingar hafa lítið verið rannsökuð hérlendis, en erlendis sýna rannsóknir að ráðlögð hreyfing geti dregið úr verkjum en of mikil hreyfing og hreyfingarleysi geti leitt til hærri tíðni verkja.