Can Mindfulness Really Reduce Chronic Pain?

Pain, suffering and stress can be intolerable – but it doesn’t have to be this way. The second week of our t three-week course reveals a series of simple practices that you can incorporate into your daily life to relieve chronic pain and the suffering and stress of illness. Clinical trials show that mindfulness meditation can be as effective as prescription painkillers. Weread more

Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - January 15, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Danny Penman, Ph.D. Tags: Aging Depression Health Integrative Medicine anxiety chronic pain irritability irritable bowel syndrome meditation mindfulness sleep stress The Third Metric wellbeing Source Type: news