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Pain Can Be Depressing +
Tuesday April 20, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Pain Can Be Depressing +
I ran across a short article written by Darlene Zagata entitled Cognitive Behavioral Therapy May Reduce Back Pain, published on LIVE STRONG>COM.
The article reviewed the work of British nurses and psychologists treating 468 people in the therapy group, not a small number. Therapists focused the attention of the group on their negative thoughts about ever correcting their back pain and their attitudes toward physical activities.
After one year, those who participated in the cognitive therapy portion of the treatment had twice the physical improvement of those who didn't.
Chronic back pain costs the business community billions in lost time, decreased productivity, and increased medical expenses. Cognitive therapists aren't free but their work may, on a cost per patient basis, be more effective standard medical practitioners such as physical therapists and acupuncturists.
This result points up what we don't know about alternative, or even main stream therapies like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, that may change the live of pain sufferers.
What is interesting is how much the mind and body are connected on this issue of pain, as well. Deal with a person's perceptions of pain, its causes, and its possible cures, and one might well bring relief to a great number of people.
If there is anyone reading this blog experienced with cognitive behavioral therapy and its effects on musculoskeletal or psychological pain,we would value your opinion.
Be well.
Bill Boland
Posted at 07:59 PM