Can people experience less muscle tension from truffles and consequently suffer less from back pain?
Yes, that can indeed happen. The pain-relieving effect is indirect. Psychedelic truffles (psilocybin) can cause people to experience deep relaxation. This relaxation can lead to reduced muscle tension, meaning that a person suffers less from, for example, back pain during and immediately after the experience. Moreover, psilocybin ensure increased body awareness, making people more aware of tension points and therefore better able to release tension.
Additionally, truffles may have a temporary analgesic (pain-relieving) effect, as psychedelics can alter the perception of pain. People sometimes experience reduced pain perception or a reduced sense of discomfort during trips. Whether pain returns after a truffle session depends on the cause of the pain. With psychosomatic pain or pain due to inflammation, there is a higher chance of long-term pain reduction than with other causes of pain.