Patients with chronic insomnia are thought to suffer hyperarousal and experience mind-racing and rumination when trying to fall asleep. Training in mindful awareness is hypothesized […]
Read more →In a study by Andrsik and colleagues, patients with a history of migraine headache for at least 10 years and overuse of triptans and NSAIDS for […]
Read more →In a randomized controlled study examining the effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) on the modulation of spinal nociceptive transmission, measures of the nociceptive flexor […]
Read more →A qualitative study by Doran examined how a mindfulness-based therapy impacted perceptions and management of chronic back pain in 16 individuals with a pain duration […]
Read more →Healthcare providers are under increasing stress and vulnerable to burnout due to multiple factors including productivity expectations, reduced reimbursement, changing documentation requirements and time consuming […]
Read more →Garland and colleagues propose that reduced subjective reward and diminished reward-associated brain activity in response to natural rewards contribute to the etiology of opioid misuse […]
Read more →Research examining clinical populations suggests stress plays a role in persistent pain and disability.[1–4] In addition, laboratory studies with rodents have illuminated possible peripheral mechanisms that […]
Read more →In a recent study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, 342 individuals with chronic low back pain with a mean pain duration […]
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