Improve Anxiety and Depression in Iranian Chronic Pain Patients with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindful meditation can help ease psychological stresses like anxiety, depression, and pain.” – Julie Corliss We all have to deal with pain. It’s inevitable, but hopefully it’s mild and short lived. For a wide swath […]
Improve Painful Diabetic Neuropathy with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness specifically can also potentially improve quality of life for patients with neuropathy. . . Research indicates that in addition to improving pain, mindfulness also addresses the psychological consequences of chronic pain, including depression symptoms.” – Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy […]
Meditation Reduces the Brain’s Empathetic Response By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness’s most profound benefit may not be the one that’s most often touted—adapting to a stressful, competitive, even unkind 24/7 world. Instead, meditation might fundamentally alter how we treat those around us.” – David Destino Humans are social animals. This […]
Improve Emotion Regulation and Reduce Pain with Mindful Acceptance By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Individuals with minimal mindfulness meditation experience can quickly learn how to moderate their brains’ responses to painful experiences and negative images using a technique called mindful acceptance’” – Christopher Berglund There is an accumulating volume of research findings to demonstrate that mind-body […]
Improve Emotional Response Inhibition in Patients with Chronic Pain and Opioid Use with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness meditation could represent a viable alternative to opioid-based therapy for chronic pain, and may be useful in helping patients taper their use of high doses of opioid-acting agents.” – Hymie Anisman We […]
Change the Brain to Reduce Chronic Pain with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “While many experts recommend mindfulness-based practices to manage pain, the goal of those practices is typically not to remove pain entirely, but to change your relationship with it so that you are able to experience relief and healing […]
Improve Coping with Chronic Pain with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “By first understanding chronic pain as a mind-body experience and then using yoga’s toolbox of healing practices—including breathing exercises and restorative poses—you can find true relief from pain and begin to reclaim your life.” – Kelly McGonigal We all […]
Improve Chronic Low Back Pain with Yoga By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Yoga is great for working on flexibility and core stability, correcting posture, and breathing—all of which are necessary for a healthy back.” – Sasha Cyrelson Low Back Pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide and affects between 6% to […]
Meditation Alters the Brains of Patients with Residual Symptoms after Accidental Physical Injury By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness meditation can help you recover from injury by changing your perception of the circumstance/trauma/event. . . . You can come to know if pain is authentic or based on fear. You can take an […]
Improve Workplace Wellness with Mindful Meditation By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “If your workforce deals with stress, emotional health issues, or low morale, you’ll likely benefit from implementing a meditation program. Meditation programs have a lot of amazing health and wellness benefits that will have a positive impact on your employees.” – Robyn Whalen […]