Chronic Back Pain Specialist Bainbridge Island WA
Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Gender
Male
Education
Medical School: Seoul Natl Univ, Coll Of Med, Chongno-Ku, Seoul, So Korea
Graduation Year: 1983
Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Gender
Male
Education
Medical School: Tel Aviv Univ, Sackler Fac Of Med, Tel Aviv, Israel
Graduation Year: 1985
Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Gender
Male
Education
Medical School: Univ Di Padova, Fac Di Med E Chirurgia, Padova, Italy
Graduation Year: 1979
Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Gender
Female
Education
Medical School: Ms Ramaiah Med Coll, Bangalore Univ, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Graduation Year: 1997
Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Gender
Female
Education
Medical School: Univ Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Prog Acad De Med, Lima, Peru
Graduation Year: 1967
Wellness Training, Urology, Supplements, Stress Management, Research, Rheumatology, Preventive Medicine, Osteopathic/Manipulation, Orthomolecular Medicine, Nutrition, Naturopathy, Mind/Body Medicine, Men's Health, Immunology, Herbal Medicine, General Practice, Gastroenterology, Fitness/Exercise, Family Practice, Diabetes, Dermatology, Cognitive Therapy, Coaching, Cardiovascular Disease
Membership Organizations
American Holistic Medical Association
Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Gender
Male
Education
Medical School: Temple Univ Sch Of Med, Philadelphia Pa 19140
Graduation Year: 1990
Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
Gender
Male
Languages
Other
Education
Medical School: Univ Of Wa Sch Of Med, Seattle Wa 98195
Graduation Year: 1959
Hospital
Hospital: Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle, Wa
Group Practice: Virginia Mason Medical Ctr
Rheumatology
Chronic Back Pain
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Pain and anger seem to go hand in hand. Clinical research has shown that chronic low-back pain sufferers tend to have high levels of anger and that anger exacerbates the experience of pain. Now an innovative pilot study shows that loving-kindness meditation—a Buddhist technique for fostering love and transforming anger into compassion—can help reverse the cycle.
“Basically we broke new ground in investigating a method that a lot of people have been using for thousands of years to see if it works for an average person with chronic back pain,” says Jim Carson, PhD, of the Duke University Medical Center and the study’s lead author.
The study tested an eight-week loving-kindness program for chronic low-back pain patients, who were randomly assigned to conventional care or the meditation intervention. The patients who used loving-kindness techniques showed significant improvements in their pain and psychological distress levels that correlated to the time spent practicing the meditation on any given day.
“I was somewhat surprised by how people, once they started using the methods, reported changes in their life and relationships,” Carson says. Who knows, showing a little bit of kindness and compassion may be the ultimate form of pain relief.
—Elizabeth Marglin
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