Subject: TENS unit and non-traditional pain control / SPECT

September 23, 2005

I use meditation, and a kind of home-made yoga like session

every morning. I find it invaluable helping with the pain.

I do positive imaging of my poor beleagered body, as well

as range of motion and stretching .. as well as relaxation

techniques and mind calming.

Without this I would be a mess, despite my feeling foolish

early on when i first started, years ago. At the time I was

quite frankly freaking out and fighting my condition, and

waiting for medical people to make me feel better. Had I

continued to rely on that I would likely be incapacitated

now

>Has anyone had success with

that or

other non-traditional pain control techniques (TM,

acupuncture, yoga)?

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Kelta Vineyard

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September 25, 2005

Hi - me also - yoga meditation and deep relaxation has been a turning

point for me - I see this as a powerful tool when I feel worn out, short of

breath, anxious and my heart feels quivery. I started this therapy after I had

a heart attack ( " coronary artery spasm " ) after an extremely tense meeting at

high stress job - the cardiologists couldn't understand this full on infarct

which had me in intensve care for three days, as my arteries appeared to be

clear (didn't know about mito). One said high cholesterol and stress - I was

sent to a psych for treatment for panic, anxiety and depression who sent me to

a special yoga/meditation group for people with life threatening illness (some

had cancer).

We all stayed together for 2 years with our very special teacher who was able to

carry us into deep levels of meditation. For me meditation has been magical - I

use calming music tapes, or guided meditation and deep relaxation tapes (someone

speaking softly and guiding you through whole body relaxation or into a

meditative state). I found it's easier to go deeper the longer (over time) and

more regularly you practice. pamela

TENS unit and non-traditional pain control / SPECT

I use meditation, and a kind of home-made yoga like session

every morning. I find it invaluable helping with the pain.

I do positive imaging of my poor beleagered body, as well

as range of motion and stretching .. as well as relaxation

techniques and mind calming.

Without this I would be a mess, despite my feeling foolish

early on when i first started, years ago. At the time I was

quite frankly freaking out and fighting my condition, and

waiting for medical people to make me feel better. Had I

continued to rely on that I would likely be incapacitated

now

>Has anyone had success with

that or

other non-traditional pain control techniques (TM,

acupuncture, yoga)?

--

***********************************************************

Kelta Vineyard

__________________________________________________________

Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca

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September 25, 2005

Pamela

I'm glad that this works for you. I use to use relaxation techniques,

but now I get cramps that break the effort. I'm hoping that it will

again work for me. I do have a vibrating bed and that helps me to

relax, but not the same way as the relaxation techniques I was using.

I get cramps with that as well.

laurie

> Hi - me also - yoga meditation and deep relaxation has been a turning