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Pain Management Health Tips

Breathing

The breath of life means exactly what it says. To breathe is to live. Life is defined by breath. We take our first breath when we are born and our last breath the moment we die. A human being can exist without food for weeks…without water for days…but without air we cannot exist for even a few minutes. Breathing correctly reduces our stress response. It allows our autonomic nervous system to become normalized and improves our health.

Experience What Breathing Correctly Can Do For You!

1. Take the deepest breath you have ever taken.
2. Breathe very slowly in through your nose and out through your mouth.
3. Slow deep rhythmic breathing triggers a relaxation response.
4. When you breathe you are producing one part of the relaxation response which begins a chain of beneficial changes in your body.
5. Now try the process once again.
6. Begin breathing in through your nose to the count of four.
7. Now exhale through your mouth to the count of six.
8. Make sure that you are exhaling more slowly than you are inhaling.
9. While you are exhaling, feel and encourage your muscles to relax, letting out all your tension.
10. When you feel tense or under pressure, you will likely experience increased pain.  Know that this kind of breathing can be done anywhere, anytime you feel tense or under pressure.
11. An expert in relaxation has recommended taking at least 40 deep breaths a day.
12. Increased oxygen intake from deep breathing will neutralize withdawal symptoms. If you have recently stopped smoking, by increasing your supply of oxygen, you will probably be surprised at the increase in your stamina and brain activity.

Attitude

A history of depression and anxiety, difficult personal life circumstances, and the emotional effects triggered in the brain by chronic pain impulses can all lead or contribute to feelings of despondency and self-pity. Such feelings further feed the cycle of chronic pain. Occasionally antidepressant medication can be of value. Ultimately, however, one must not give in to such feelings but seek to foster loving, supportive and positive relationships and live as active and productive a life as possible with a clear sense of purpose.