Sometime we have no choice but to take medication to relieve severe or chronic pain. But what if you had some alternatives that would either eliminate or at least relief your pain without the pill? Would you try it?
Did you know, ‘when we experience pain
we often hold our breath, which can contribute to inflammation through the
release of the stress hormone cortisol,” says Jane Permotto Ehrman, a behavior
health specialist at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Lifestyle Medicine?
What if I told you if you closed your
eyes and imagined your body growing more relaxed every second? As your breath through our belly, visualize
oxygen filling any area of tensions with comfort and calm. Then see the pain dissipating with each
exhalation. “The longer your exhale,
the more you stimulate the vagus nerve in the brain, telling it you’re in a
safe environment,” says Chicago psychologist Michael Merrill, PhD.
