Mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy improve chronic low back pain

Mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy improve chronic low back pain

Eight weeks of mindfulness or cognitive behavioral therapy were associated with improved pain, physical function and quality of life and reduced daily opioid dose in adults with chronic low back pain that required treated with daily opioids, according to a new study. This is one of the largest studies to date to evaluate mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy as treatment for opioid-treated chronic pain.

Sustained benefits from mind and body treatment for back pain