A new study suggests that mindfulness meditation influences how the brain perceives pain in ways that are distinct from the placebo effect. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Suffering a toothache on a plane from Boston to San Francisco, I thought about mindfulness and pain. Nothing could be done, so I called on mindfulness for help. I recalled another toothache that had ...

Mindfulness meditation is a technique that has been found to significantly reduce pain in experimental and clinical settings. The present review delineates findings from recent studies demonstrating ...

The list of treatments for low back pain is endless, but few offer relief for the one in four Americans who suffer from this persistent pain and leading cause of disability globally. More than 80% of ...

New research has found that mindfulness meditation reduces pain by engaging a distinct brain pathway, separate from the pathway activated by a placebo. The standalone analgesic effect that mindfulness ...

A year-long clinical trial showed that both mindfulness-based therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy significantly reduce pain and opioid use in adults with chronic low back pain, with comparable ...

New research from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine suggests that mindfulness meditation is more than just a placebo when it comes to pain relief. The study, published in ...

The list of treatments for low back pain is endless, but few offer relief for the one in four Americans who suffer from this persistent pain and the leading cause of disability globally. More than 80% ...

Don Allen’s left knee has hurt ever since an accident during his Army service in 1981. His right knee has been acting up as well. But the St. Paul man has one surefire way to blunt the pain: Doing the ...

Living with chronic pain can affect everything from your mood to your mobility. And as we age, this struggle is often amplified as our bodies naturally change. While medications or even surgery are ...

Sometimes it comes on softly, a dull ache that hums deep within your knees, hips, back or ankles. Other times it attacks the joints of your hands in sharp, quick jabs like a hornet or coils around the ...