Sentence examples for painful activity from inspiring English sources

"I got the feeling that composing was meant to be a painful activity, a ferocious wrestling match with inner demons".

In a qualitative study of 36 people, Bunzli et al 19 found that some individuals believed painful activity had damaging consequences for the structural integrity of the spine (damage beliefs); while others believed painful activity would increase suffering and/or lead to subsequent functional loss (suffering/functional loss beliefs); and some held both beliefs.

This study suggests that the relationship between pain catastrophizing and performance duration during painful activities is moderated by situational factors such as current mood and threat context.

One of the most painful activities of my childhood years in Turkey was taking the student oath every Monday morning and Friday afternoon.

"We found particularly robust correlations with everyday sadism... [which is] a construct related to benign masochism — the enjoyment of painful activities".

The most painful activities during the days following cardiac surgery are coughing and deep breathing exercises.

Background: Ascending and descending stairs is one of the most painful activities of daily living for persons with PFP.

For me, sitting still and thinking about nothing for 30 minutes is one of the most physically challenging and intensely painful activities I have ever attempted.

If he's smart he'll look to Harris and realize there are some excruciatingly painful activities that are nonetheless preferable to crossing this job off his bucket list, such as, for example, re-watching "The Bucket List".

Majority of interviewed patients feared painful activities, doing something wrong, harming their back and having to have surgery.

In the research of etiology and treatment the psychological and behavioral aspects have since been included, and the new paradigm instead emphasizes reassurance, maintenance of activity and engaging in painful activities; to avoid catastrophizing thoughts and to stop perpetuating illness behavior and depression in order to improve self-efficacy and functional status.