by Sue Robbins | Jan 5, 2016 | Wellness
Keeping a pain journal can help track increased pain and reduce stress for many migraineurs. Pain Pathways magazine provides some essential tips for jotting down personal information on a regular basis. Putting pen to paper doesn’t seem like magic. In fact, for...
by Sue Robbins | Nov 12, 2015 | Wellness
Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have found new evidence that mindfulness meditation reduces pain more effectively than placebo. The research, published in the November 11th issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, showed that study participants who...
by Sue Robbins | Oct 7, 2015 | Wellness
James E. Porter, a blogger at Huffington Post has some fresh ideas for lowering your stress levels. Here’s what he has to say…. Stop rushing. We rush around everywhere we go. We’re almost addicted to it. Try spending one day where you don’t...
by Sue Robbins | Sep 7, 2015 | Wellness
Pain causes lots of changes in the brain. However, there may be noninvasive ways to help stall or reverse some of the damage. According to M. Catherine Bushnell, PhD, scientific director, Division of Intramural Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), yoga can...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 4, 2015 | Wellness
According to a pilot study in Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, self-critical people were significantly kinder and more compassionate toward themselves after practicing lovingkindness meditation, compared with a control group. Lovingkindness is a form of...
