According to an article in sciencedaily.com, research performed at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center shows that slow breathing at a controlled rate can significantly reduce the pain felt by chronic pain sufferers.
This does seem to bear out previous findings that Zen meditation and yogic breathing can have a beneficial effect on pain levels.
I suppose if you think about it we quite often instinctively do this. I know that if I have skinned a knuckle or hit a finger with a hammer, after the expletive I have often taken a deep breath, let it out slowly, maybe a couple of times.
Perhaps we should try it consciously. If you want to read the full article go here.
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