Yes because working out makes our body more flexible n it can also improve physical active.
Regarding the damage , yes those who workout are more resistant to tissue damages than those don't work out. Regarding the pain, every person have a specific pain threshold, so the higher your pain threshold means the higher your pain resistance, and one of the things that workout does is releasing of Endorphins and catecholamines which both acts an endogenous pain killers and increases your pain thresholdso in general work our does make you more resistant to pain and damage.
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