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September 14, 2005
Breath Therapy For Low Back Pain
A study conducted by a UC San Francisco professor has found that breath therapy, an alternative therapy, can be as effective as physical therapy in treating chronic low-back pain.
The study, published in the July/August issue of Alternative Therapies, has drawn attention to the role that mind-body techniques and "body awareness" can play in dealing with pain.
Although physical therapy has long been considered the gold-standard treatment for such pain, the study found breath therapy to be as effective as, but no better than, physical therapy.
Whether breath therapy benefits hold up long-term remains to be seen.
"Pain is so complicated that you can't just treat one thing."
tags: pain
Posted by linda at September 14, 2005 6:43 AM
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