Meditation Eases Chronic Pain

Geezer recalls the less-than-usefyl advice that was routinely offered by high school coaches to anyone who complained about pain. "Don’t think about it." Now comes a study from an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh suggesting that the best advice may be "Don’t think about anything."
The L.A. Times reports on research that tracked the effect of mindfulness meditation on chronic
lower back pain in adults 65 and older. The paper reports that the randomized, controlled
clinical trial found that the 37 people who participated in an
eight-week mindfulness meditation program had significantly greater
pain acceptance and physical function than a similar size control
group. Subsequently, the control group took the same eight-week program
and had similar results.
Read more in the L.A. Times.