The history books are filled with examples of athletes triumphing in the face of seemingly insurmountable injuries. And injuries aside, the burn of pushing the body to its physical limits can, in itself, be a suffer-fest most people are unwilling to bear.
What Olympians Can Teach the Rest of Us About Pain
Research shows elite athletes experience pain differently than everyday people. Here’s why, and how we can learn to deal with adversity and chronic pain every day.
Lisa Marshall