Treating Chronic Pain With Meditation
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This paper discusses clinical application of meditation in chronic pain. Chronic pain is an unpleasant feeling and it disrupts physical and emotional wellbeing. Chronic pain often triggers depression anxiety and addictions. Treating chronic pain could be challenging. Some therapists have proposed meditation as an alternative pain management modality. Meditation is a researched proven effective method to attenuate pain. Meditation uplifts psychosocial wellbeing. In addition meditation helps to decrease the pain-related drug utilization.
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