Episode Details

Meditation For Pain Relief

Download the Selfpause Affirmation App

Meditation has been shown to help people deal with pain. Increasing awareness of the present moment, it decreases stress hormones and the resulting pain. It has also been shown to reduce opioid use. In a 2014 meta-analysis, 20 percent of adults in higher-income countries suffer from chronic pain. In a 2012 NHIS survey of 34,525 Americans, 63.6 percent reported that meditation had helped them deal with pain.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.