Victoria S. DorsanoFounder, Be Victorious Coaching · Be Victorious Coaching · Systems > Willpower

Bet you didn’t know this about pain

18 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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In this short video, Victoria S. Dorsano explains recent research showing that exposure to natural views can significantly reduce post‑operative pain. She describes studies in which patients recovering from spinal and orthopedic surgeries were assigned to rooms with windows facing either a brick wall or a green landscape. Those who could see nature reported lower pain levels and required fewer pain‑relieving medications. Dorsano notes several hypothesized mechanisms—such as stress reduction, distraction, and physiological responses—and points viewers to a longer video where she expands on how nature walks can aid recovery after procedures like ACL surgery.

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Here's a fun fact you probably didn't know about reducing pain. So new research actually shows that getting outside in nature helps to reduce your pain levels. There's been several studies that have tested this in various ways, but I think some of the most interesting ones have been in post-operative patients from spinal surgery and different types of orthopedic surgeries. They were experiencing a lot of pain, and what they did was that they had one group of people who were sat by windows that were only facing a brick wall, and then they had another group of people that were facing windows that were looking outside to nature, and they had a nice green landscape. And guess what? The people that had the nature views versus the brick wall views had significantly less pain and required way less painkiller medication. Now, there's several reasons why this works, and I actually dive into this in my most recent YouTube video where I talk about how nature and getting outside in nature and going on walks outside can really help with post-operative pain when you're getting out of ACL surgery. So if you want to learn more about that, check out my full video down below.