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many people believe that using meditation to relieve pain symptoms is not scientific or proven . If this is you or someone you know, i have included some information on the latest research that supports using meditation for pain relief to assist you to make an informed decision:
demystifying meditation: brain imaging illustrates how meditation reduces pain meditation produces powerful pain-relieving effects in the brain, according to new research published in the april 6 (2011) edition of the journal of neuroscience.
this is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of meditation training can dramatically reduce both the experience of pain and pain-related brain activation, said fadel zeidan, ph.d., lead author of the study and post-doctoral research fellow at wake forest baptist medical center.
we found a big effect about a 40 percent reduction in pain intensity and a 57 percent reduction in pain unpleasantness. Meditation produced a greater reduction in pain than even morphine or other pain-relieving drugs , which typically reduce pain ratings by about 25 percent. (sciencedaily (apr 11, 2011)) quoting journal of neuroscience april 6 2011 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110405174835.htm
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