Hey...there you are. I thought I heard the
pitter patter of fingers on the keypad as you manoeuvered through cyberspace.
How the heck are you? Me? Thanks for asking. I suppose I'm doing reasonably
well considering...but y'know, I happened to flick by a program yesterday
on dealing with chronic pain so as soon as you fill up your mug with some
roasted arabica bean juice and snag a virtual treat, I'll fill you in.
According to the doctors on the program, the bill for dealing with chronic pain in the US is about equivalent to their defense budget...and that's be more than a couple bucks. Something like 80 million or billion or some other huge unfathomable number. They also said that people who are able to learn to live with their pain do an awful lot better than those who don't and that meditation will do more for people than most regular pain management meds. So here are some tips. I'll have more for you on this later.
Deep breathing and meditation are
techniques that help your body relax, which eases pain. Tension and tightness
seep from muscles as they receive a quiet message to relax.
The soothing power of repetition is at the
heart of meditation. Focusing on the breath, ignoring thoughts, and
repeating a word or phrase -- a mantra -- causes the body to relax. While you
can learn meditation on your own, it helps to take a class.
Deep breathing is also a relaxation
technique. Find a quiet location, a comfortable body position, and block out
distracting thoughts. Then, imagine a spot just below your navel. Breathe into
that spot, filling your abdomen with air. Let the air fill you from the abdomen
up, then let it out, like deflating a balloon.
No, you don't have to rush out and build a
Zen garden in your backyard. It's not a bad idea but you'd look a bit silly
sitting there on your cushion in the middle of a January blizzard. (I wonder if
they have electric Zen cushions? Could be a marketable product. I'm surprised
the Japanese haven't thought of it!)
See ya, eh!
Bob
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