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Since 1977,ralph lauren, I?e been offering stress management and biofeedback to people suffering from chronic pain. Both within inpatient pain management facilities and in out patient pain management clinics. Stress does not cause chronic pain, but it can make the intensity of chronic pain worse. People suffering pain develop a habitual response to their constant companion. By ?racing?to deal with their pain, people begin to produce muscle tension that can increase pain or that can interfere with the ability to get a better quality of sleep. A deep, restful sleep can help us to tolerate or to cope with our pain. Poor sleep can make us more irritable and more susceptible to the anxiety that increases pain.
In many chronic back pain patients, their back pain can be much worse when they unconsciously tighten their legs, neck,piumini moncler, shoulders, or other back muscles as a response to their pain. These muscles are attached to bones. In the case of muscles attached to vertebrae,moncler, these tight muscles can cause irritation to nerves that move from the spinal cord to the various body parts that they serve. When tight muscles cause ?inching?to these nerves, or to the blood supply that feeds these nerves, the nerves can respond by being irritated and adding to discomfort or numbness. Pain that is not caused by soft-tissue injury, like osteoarthritis, can create the tension that causes fatigue, poor sleep, and possibly additional muscle-contraction pain (like tension headaches, jaw pain, or neck/shoulder tension.)
With few exceptions, people with chronic pain benefit from stress management and,giubbotti moncler, in many cases, use biofeedback to help then get back in control of the levels of pain that they are experiencing. Biofeedback can measure levels of muscle tension and can help with learning to reduce the muscle tension. Temperature training biofeedback can assist patients in learning to release or to ?et go?of their anxiety and this can help to reduce the intensity of their pain complaints.
Chronic pain patient respond to a variety of Western relaxation techniques. One technique, Autogenic Training phrases,casque beats, is a series of mentally repeated phrases that command relaxation such repeating ?y right arm is heavy?until the muscles of that arm relax to the point where it feels heavy,polo ralph lauren, comfortable and relaxed. Progressive relaxations,louboutin, visualizations, indirect suggestions, and even certain breathing techniques have all been very useful for people suffering with chronic pain complaints. These techniques do not work as fast as medications. They require regular practice and it may take 8-12 weeks for the benefits to begin. The advantage is that these techniques do not have the side-effects that medication might. Once these techniques are learned, there are no ongoing costs. And, most importantly,beats by dre, these stress management techniques offer the sense of personal control over the pain. The motivated person will develop a powerful, life-long skill by mastering these techniques.
There several articles at the Stress Education Center? website that will be very helpful to chronic pain patients and their families. These are articles that have been taken from my book, ?uide to Stress Reduction?which is available through the library or to purchase. If you are suffering from chronic pain, you can do something to help yourself. I can? promise that the pain will leave and never return, but you can learn to help control the intensity of your pain and possibly reduce your long-term reliance on pain medications. Discuss these strategies with your doctor to determine how you can best use these tools to participate in managing your pain.
Please take good care of yourself...
L. John Mason, Ph.D. is the author of the best selling "Guide to Stress Reduction." Since 1977, he has offered Executive Coaching and Training.
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