Tara Brach is a well-known and highly accomplished practitioner of mindfulness meditation. In this video, she provides a brief guided introduction to this ancient form of meditation, which is the basic foundation of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Get Two Free MP3's in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
If you're interested in gaining an experiential understanding of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction approach for coping with chronic pain, go to this website and provide your name and email address. You will then receive a link where you can download two free MP3's:
1) Introduction To The Mindful Body Scan
2) The Guided Mindful Body Scan
1) Introduction To The Mindful Body Scan
2) The Guided Mindful Body Scan
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
The Potential Benefit Of Omega 3 Fatty Acids In Helping To Relieve Back Pain
This blog has been created mainly to introduce Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction as a superb means of coping with chronic pain of all kinds--with an emphasis on low back pain.
Additionally, however, it will feature other natural means of relieving pain.
One of these is including an adequate amount of omega 3 fatty acids in your diet.
The following article on WebMd focuses on evidence of the benefits of this natural supplement for people with neck and back pain.
April 6, 2006 -- Fish oil supplements containing omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFAs) might help treat neck and back pain, a new study shows.
Such supplements might be "a safer alternative" to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for some patients with spine-related pain, write Joseph Maroon, MD, and Jeffrey Bost, PAC.
Maroon and Bost work in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's neurological surgery department. Their study appears in Surgical Neurology.
The study doesn't prove that fish oil pills work as well as NSAIDs for back pain, note Maroon and Bost. They call their study a "starting point" for research on omega-3 fatty acids and other nonpharmaceutical treatment alternatives for spine-related pain.
Additionally, however, it will feature other natural means of relieving pain.
One of these is including an adequate amount of omega 3 fatty acids in your diet.
The following article on WebMd focuses on evidence of the benefits of this natural supplement for people with neck and back pain.
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Fish Oil May Help Ease Back Pain
Study Shows Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Be Safe Alternative for Pain Relief
By Miranda Hitti WebMD Medical News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Study Shows Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Be Safe Alternative for Pain Relief
By Miranda Hitti WebMD Medical News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
April 6, 2006 -- Fish oil supplements containing omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFAs) might help treat neck and back pain, a new study shows.
Such supplements might be "a safer alternative" to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for some patients with spine-related pain, write Joseph Maroon, MD, and Jeffrey Bost, PAC.
Maroon and Bost work in the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's neurological surgery department. Their study appears in Surgical Neurology.
The study doesn't prove that fish oil pills work as well as NSAIDs for back pain, note Maroon and Bost. They call their study a "starting point" for research on omega-3 fatty acids and other nonpharmaceutical treatment alternatives for spine-related pain.
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