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Chronic pain is remarkably common: Roughly 20% of adults in the US live with it. And people with chronic pain are more likely to have depression, anxiety, and substance abuse disorders. But this ...

As a chronic pain sufferer, I sometimes surprise people by telling them that my pain doesn’t have a physical cause. It’s a mind-body thing, I say, related to stress and emotions. To many, this sounds ...

Somatic exercises focus on awareness or perception of physical movements and tap into the mind-body connection to help improve mental health and relieve physical tension. Many of us have felt that ...

A new study reveals something about pain that's counterintuitive: back pain can occur in the absence of tissue damage due to learned neural circuits in the brain. Why it matters: Every year, the ...

Like a highway system, the vagus nerve branches profusely from your brain through your organs to marshal bodily functions, including aspects of mind such as mood, pleasure and fear. It is late at ...

I am dedicated to improving health and well being through increased self-awareness in mind and body. Through increased awareness you will develop skills that will put you on a path to feeling more in ...

The mind-body therapy qigong shows superior efficacy for cancer-related pain management, outperforming usual care and massage with the highest ranking of 86.5%. Tai chi demonstrates particular ...

Research backs up what many women already know from experience: there are sex-based disparities in how pain is experienced, assessed, and treated. Women are less likely to be offered adequate pain ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. It is late at night. You are alone and wandering empty streets in search of your parked car when you hear footsteps creeping up from ...

Dualism holds that the mind and body are separate, with mental experiences not fully explained by physical processes alone. René Descartes popularized dualism by arguing the mind is non-physical while ...

Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book “Practical Solutions for Back ...