Guided imagery proven to reduce abdominal pain in children

ScienceDaily

See Science Daily’s 10/13/09 article, “Children Can Greatly Reduce Abdominal Pain by Using Their Imagination,” for an exciting new study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University Medical Center.

Here is the opening paragraph:

Children with functional abdominal pain who used audio recordings of guided imagery at home in addition to standard medical treatment were almost three times as likely to improve their pain problem, compared to children who received standard treatment alone.

Read the rest of the article here.

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One Response to “Guided imagery proven to reduce abdominal pain in children”

  1. duanewyatt Says:

    I started working on new ways to treat patients using guided imagery in a new way ten years ago. I have yet to develop the ideas clinically and am looking for help with them. You can view and read the ideas in my blog posts (duanewyatt) here at wordpress.com. thanks. Duane Wyatt

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