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Zen and the Art of IBS Management
posted at 8/10/2011 6:53 AM BST
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A new study published in http://gastroenterology.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2011/1007/1?q=featured_jg stress again on psychollogical approach in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Psychological interventions — including hypnotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and dynamic psychotherapy — have shown effectiveness in relieving symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). In a recent controlled trial, researchers evaluated the benefits of another psychological treatment: mindfulness training, a form of meditation that employs concepts from several spiritually based meditation practices, including Buddhism. Individuals are taught to focus on the present moment, using breath or another object as a focal point, and to suspend thinking (including thoughts about the past and future, evaluations and interpretations of physical symptoms, and judgments about the significance of physical symptoms). The authors theorized that this process could reduce the tendency of IBS patients to overreact, or "catastrophize," in response to physical sensations from the gut. Ninety-seven women with IBS were randomized to attend either a mindfulness group or a support group, for 8 weekly 2-hour sessions and a single 4-hour retreat. Demographic characteristics were similar between the groups. Subjects were followed for 3 months after the interventions. Improvements over baseline IBS severity scores were significantly greater for the mindfulness group than for the support group, at the end of treatment (26.4% vs. 6.2%) and at 3-month follow-up (38.2% vs. 11.8%). More individual symptoms were significantly improved in the mindfulness group than in the support group at 3-month follow-up (5 vs. 1). Scores for a variety of psychological factors — including anxiety, depression, somatization, and visceral sensitivity — were significantly improved at 3-month follow-up in the mindfulness group but not in the support group. Comment: This controlled trial adds another psychological intervention, mindfulness training, to the armamentarium of effective therapies for IBS. Such training is safe and is a useful adjunct to traditional medical management. |
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Re: Zen and the Art of IBS Management
posted at 10/12/2011 12:07 AM GMT
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Indeed Zen, and any good Meditation art will reduce IBS symptoms by at least 50% from any study I have come across. Mind Body medicine is the wave of the future, and could well pave the future of the 30th century. |
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Re: Zen and the Art of IBS Management
posted at 8/1/2012 4:53 AM GMT
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I have been researching complimentary modalities, and the following link describes some pretty good therpies. My own mindset is that IBS is around 50% Mental or emotional based when a person is under stress. Therefore alternative or complimentary modalities should work well, all else considered.http://nccam.nih.gov/health/digestive/IrritableBowelSyndrome.htm DuaneF |
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Re: Zen and the Art of IBS Management
posted at 8/1/2012 11:11 AM GMT
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They were doing Zen on the toilet. It is a quiet place and no one can bug you. The lotus position has its challenges but if the walls are not to close...At least there's plenty to meditate on including the picture of that blonde on a motorbike on the back of toilet door. January always was a good month... |
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