Mindfulness

Mindfulness is an important aspect of chronic pain management, and it’s different than just relaxation. Dr. William MacNulty (CMDR (0-5) US Public Health Service; Health Promotion Psychologist, 1st Special Forces Group) and CPT Tracy Beegen (Aeromedical Psychologist) describe how to use a mindfulness practice to change the relationship to pain using the RAIN technique: Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Note.

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Free resources discussed:

The Military Meditation Coach podcast (https://soundcloud.com/militarymeditationcoach)

The Mindfulness Coach mobile app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.va.mobilehealth.ncptsd.mindfulnesscoach&hl=en_US)

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Music is Siesta by Jahzzar

References:
Brewer, J (2017). The Craving Mind, Yale University Press: New Haven, CT.
Cayoun, B., Simmons, A. & Shires, A. (2017) Immediate and Lasting Chronic Pain Reduction Following a Brief Self-Implemented Mindfulness-Based Interoceptive Exposure Task: a Pilot Study, Mindfulness. DOI 10.1007/s12671-017-0823-x

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