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Hypnosis, biofeedback and TENS stimulation, once considered "fringe" methods of treatment, have earned respectable places in the pain clinic arsenal. Acupuncture, which tends to give only temporary analgesia, has a smaller following. According to Bonica, TENS provides significant short-term relief for 65% to 80% of patients and long-term relief for 30% to 35%. The electrical stimulating devices are widely available at costs ranging from $60 to $400. Biofeedback...
...fact, techniques like muscle relaxation, biofeedback, self-hypnosis, rhythmic breathing and exercise can also elicit the relaxation response. These methods are now widely used at U.S. hospitals and clinics to treat such stress-related problems as migraine and tension headaches, Raynaud's disease...
...York City's Columbia-Presbyterian Center for Stress and Pain-Related Disorders, Dr. Kenneth Greenspan claims to be able to reduce the severity and frequency of migraines in 80% of sufferers. The principal weapon: biofeedback. The patient is connected by sensor wires to a machine with a small screen that feeds back information on such physiological indexes of stress as blood pressure, tension in the facial muscles or, most frequently, the temperature of one's fingers - the colder, the tenser. By loosening their muscles, breathing deeply or letting their thoughts drift, patients learn that they can control their...
...biofeedback and other relaxation techniques gain acceptance, doctors are testing them against all sorts of ills. Duke Psychologist Richard Surwit has shown that biofeedback and progressive musclerelaxation exercises can help diabetics maintain steadier glucose levels. At Children's Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle, Dr. William Womack helps youngsters contend with the strains of growing up. Kurt Russell, 16, was immobilized by migraines for days at a time until Womack taught him a self-hypnosis technique. Now symptom-free, the teen-ager travels twice a day to a peaceful place in his mind. "You imagine yourself in the woods or skiing...
...Patients become so apprehensive that they may feel nauseated just at the thought of treatment, says Psychologist Thomas Burish of Vanderbilt University. "One woman even vomited in a drugstore when she saw the nurse who administered her therapy." Burish has helped cancer patients control their anxiety and nausea through biofeedback and progressive muscle-relaxation training. While the technique is not a cure, he says, "pa-tients do gain a positive feeling of being in control again. It is one of the few things they can do to help themselves...