Fight the pain by breathing slowly

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 August 2010 11:47 Written by putra Thursday, 5 August 2010 11:47

A person can bear the pain with how to breathe slowly and deeply. Breathing techniques as this has the effect of reducing pain.

Most healthy adults breathe as much as 12-14 times a minute. But by breathing slowly only six times in one minute breath can be a strong effect to reduce pain.

How to breathe like this not only provides short-term effects by reducing the pain of the injury or burns. But it could help thousands of people suffering from chronic diseases in the joints and muscles.

In a study conducted recently found someone who can withstand pain better and longer if you do how to breathe slowly and deeply. All this time people breathe slowly in order to be relaxed when hit by nervous or scared.

As quoted from Dailymail, this study conducted by researchers from the United States who studied a group of healthy middle-aged women with women who have fibromyalgia disease. This disease can cause pain but without any obvious cause.

Both groups of women are given a sense of heat with different temperatures on the hands, then the scientists measure how much pain can be tolerated. It turns out that women get to breathe only half the amount of normal breathing can reduce the pain that is felt.

This is caused by breathing slowly can give a direct effect on the sympathetic nervous system. Sympathetic nerve fibers in the central nervous system that helps control blood flow and skin temperature.

Based on these results, if a person experiences pain due to whatever reason try to breathe slowly and deeply. Due to breathe like that can reduce the pain that is felt.

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