Then a series of breathing excercises and relaxation stretching can help them deal with the coming pain. Sometimes the flare-up is not as intense. Such methods were long ridiculed by modern science, but now, most doctors who study pain feel that psychological therapy need not be disparaged because it can't do any harm. Randolph says he's happy to be at the forefront of the effort to gain credibility. Randolph's techniques were created in part by researcher Jon Kabat at the University of Massachusetts Pain Clinic.
Psychological treatment can be successful.
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