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| March 16, 2010 | Meditation a good way to ease pain, says American study | |
Washington: Meditation can help enhance the ability to moderate reactions to pain, according to a new study. In the study, published in The Journal of Pain, boffins from
the University of North Carolina measured pain ratings in students interested in
learning meditation who recruited for the study. Subjects were trained in meditation
for three consecutive days and were given experimental pain stimuli. Results of the
trial showed that relaxed states promoted by the brief mindfulness meditation
sessions reduced the reported
pain ratings. Participants had less pain to both low and high pain intensities
and showed significant reductions in anxiety after each meditation stimulation.
The authors concluded that decreases in anxiety and increases in the ability to
sustain personal focus can attenuate the feeling of pain. In assessing their findings,
the authors noted that the analgesic effects of meditation can be realized even
after a short period of time learning the technique. Also, the results provide
additional validation of the benefits of cognitive techniques for controlling
pain. |
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