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Physical exercise may help treat substance use disorders (SUD) by enhancing interoception, improving the ability to interpret bodily signals that trigger consumption. This approach offers a medication-free strategy for SUD treatment and recovery.

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  • Psychiatry
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Physical exercise is a promising, cost-effective, medication-free adjunct for substance use disorders (SUD).
  • Limited evidence necessitates understanding exercise's mechanisms in SUD to optimize its application.
  • Current understanding lacks a clear framework for how exercise impacts SUD neurobiology.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel framework conceptualizing physical exercise as an "interoception booster" for SUD.
  • To explore the role of interoception and bodily signal interpretation in SUD.
  • To reframe exercise interventions for SUD based on neurocognitive mechanisms.

Main Methods:

  • Review and synthesis of existing literature on exercise, interoception, and SUD.
  • Discussion of insular cortex function in reward-seeking and homeostatic imbalances.
  • Analysis of effort perception during physical exercise as a therapeutic target.

Main Results:

  • Physical exercise may enhance interoception, aiding individuals with SUD to better interpret bodily signals.
  • Mismatches in bodily states contribute to reward-seeking behaviors in SUD, potentially modulated by the insular cortex.
  • Effort perception during exercise offers a framework for improving interoception in SUD.

Conclusions:

  • Physical exercise can be reconceptualized as an "interoception booster" for SUD treatment.
  • Optimizing exercise interventions requires understanding their impact on interoceptive processing.
  • Future research should employ mixed-design neurocognitive methods to investigate this approach in SUD.