Brain Highways is one of the tools used at Piedmont Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, PA to help people make choices to ease their pain. By building new highways between the brain and the brain stem decision making can become more clear, brain fog reduced, and tension reduced. The Brain Highways program has just updated their web site. It is rich in content and much of it is free. Visit their home page and Adult Program page to discover more.
Being told you or a loved one has RSD/CRPS can be emotionally taxing to say the least. While there is plenty of reason for concern many people get overly frightened and that only makes things worse. No one is in the best frame of mind to make decisions about their health care, or anything else for that matter, when they are scared. Plus activating the flight or fright system really does worsen this condition. At Piedmont Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, PA we try to focus on treating the source of your RSD/CRPS while also quieting down the sympathetic system. In addition to blocks, medications, therapy and the like focusing on what actions can be taken to improve quality of life can have a major impact. Learn more about cognitive approaches by visiting the Challenge and Choice and Education links on piedmontpmr.com.
Breath in through the nose and out through the mouth. The idea is to fill your head with oxygen first and then “breath” it into the rest of your body. If you feel tension despite breathing properly then consider using Burst Breathing: short quick inhales followed by short quick exhales. Learn more about tension reduction by visiting Systema Health, Challenge and Choice, or Brain Highways on Piedmontpmr.com.
