From the BBC news site today: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4524138.stm
Richard
Brain scans help think away pain
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scotsman
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Brain scans help think away pain
Not medical advice: Read my progress to date : Read about my W-A clinic visit
Age: 54 CPPS: 20 Yrs Recovery Status: 95% Symptoms: Pain around perineum Makes Worse: Tension, sitting Makes Better: Stretching, triggerpoint therapy, relaxation
Age: 54 CPPS: 20 Yrs Recovery Status: 95% Symptoms: Pain around perineum Makes Worse: Tension, sitting Makes Better: Stretching, triggerpoint therapy, relaxation
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LightningTree
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Wow. Talk about biofeedback in the extreme. That's a really interesting study. I wonder if in some time we will be able to buy a unit for that just like one can get a blood sugar meter today.
This is not medical advice, and I am NOT a doctor of medicine or a related field.
* Age:33 Onset: February 2004.
* 99.9% IMPROVEMENT in 2.5 Years with the first year being the really hard part
* Current Symptoms: Mild irritation of perineal muscles on occasion. Relieved for days at a time by a specific stretch (see below).
* Initial Symptoms: Terrible penile, urethral, rectal, and perineal burning/aching with addition afferent sensations.
* Current Treatments: Deep stretching of the legs and pelvis. Most effective: Deep psoas and levitar ani stretch using the first phase of the "pigeon pose" from Yoga. When a deep pulling is felt in the middle of the pelvis next to the upper rectum, symptoms are completely alleviated for several days.
* Past Treatments Hyperprotection of the perineum for 1.7 years, Walking, Rectal biofeedback, Stanford/Wise-Anderson Protocol, Conditioned deep relaxation practice, Men's Multi-Vitamin and an Extra B-complex pill, all seemed to help.
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gifford
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Stanford study
Thais is an interesting study. I see it also at Stanford.
Stanford isalsp the home of the SP folks (Dr. Wise, et al. ).
Wonder if the two groups talk to each other?
Stanford isalsp the home of the SP folks (Dr. Wise, et al. ).
Wonder if the two groups talk to each other?
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MB
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There is no relation between SP and this. I am enrolled in this study. Better not be claustrophobic. Your head is strapped in a mask ("silence of the lambs" style) and the mask is fastened to the MRI table for a full hour. You breathe through a hole. It was my 1st session.
They make you do mental exercises like "imagine a relaxed part of your body is applied to the painful area" or "imagine your pain will last forever and get worse" etc...
You get direct feedback from the MRI.
They make you do mental exercises like "imagine a relaxed part of your body is applied to the painful area" or "imagine your pain will last forever and get worse" etc...
You get direct feedback from the MRI.
Age:46 | Onset Age: 43 | Symptoms: Burning | Helped By: Sleep/Ultram | Worsened By: As the day goes by