Showing posts with label pain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pain. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

3,000 Year-Old Experiment Cures Migraines Naturally


All these years I've been taking pills and trying all sorts of weird-tasting herbal remedies, but my migraines still haunted me daily. I don't know what exactly causes my migraines. 

Even my doctor told me it could be a multitude of factors: diet, sleeping habits, fitness, and the most dreaded one of all - stress.

When doctors can't pinpoint what is wrong with you, they push the blame to stress. It's vague enough to stop you from doing all the things that stress you out. Which is basically everything in life.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

How Meditation Relieves Pain and Depression


Meditation isn't only a way to relax or a throw-back to the 1960s when the Beatles first made the practice popular in the U.S.

In fact, in recent years, mainstream scientists have published several studies showing that mindfulness meditation, which is centered on being aware of the present moment by focusing on the body and breath sensations, can prevent and treat depression. Meditation has also been found to help chronic pain.

But what's going on in the body to produce these benefits? According to Brown University scientists, the answer appears to lie in how meditation changes the brain's rhythms.