Meditation Techniques Can Provide Pain Relief
Meditation, in its simplest form, is simply a way of calming your inner mind and bringing it into balance with your body. This balance can let your body ease its way into providing you with relief from the pain associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, arthritis, and other disabling conditions.
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Some are claiming the reported findings are not conclusive, but according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, acupuncture doesn’t appear to help Fibromyalgia pain. For more information, read: Acupuncture May Not Help Fibromyalgia.
One way you can get proactive about your pain is through meditation. For more information, read Meditation and Pain Management: Meditation Techniques Can Provide Pain Relief.
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More and more, doctors are now coming to believe that the pain and depression of fibromyalgia are caused by abnormal levels of specific neurotransmitters. (For example, fibromyalgia patients reportedly have higher levels of substance P, a neurotransmitter found in the spinal cord that is involved in communicating pain signals.)
In a recent LA Times article, Dr. Daniel Clauw, a fibromyalgia researcher and director of the Center for the Advancement of Clinical Research at the University of Michigan was quoted as explaining that “[t]he pain of fibromyalgia is not occurring because of some injury or inflammation of the muscles or joints. … There is something wrong with the way the central nervous system is processing pain from the peripheral tissues. It’s over-amplifying the pain.”
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Coping with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS, CFIDS) and Fibromyalgia makes it difficult to maintain a social life and network of friends. Not only are we sick and tired, we are often left or forced by our symptoms to remain at home alone. Studies done by Carnegie Mellon University and the American Heart Association concluded that social isolation and loneliness can impair the immune system. Conversely, a social support system may actually strengthen the immune system.
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Being a loner reduces immunity and heart health
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