Pain Tolerance In Sports Pain and pain tolerance play a role in every person’s life day in and day out. Different people deal with pain in many different ways. Some people have a certain treatment or way that they get rid of pain, some people take pills, or some people just deal with it. Athletes usually deal with pain more than a regular person because they are putting their body usually at risk to …showed first 75 words of 883 total…

…showed last 75 words of 883 total…prove himself depends on who is setting the standard for his performance.”(3). Many athletes set these goals and they will do whatever it takes to reach these goals. This means playing through pain, and doing whatever it takes to reach their goals. When they think about their goals they don’t think about a nagging injury that they have, or how sore their arm is, they can block that out and concentrate on the game.