{"id":7871,"date":"2016-11-19T09:26:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T13:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/?p=7871"},"modified":"2016-11-19T09:26:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-19T13:26:32","slug":"pain-management-class-breathing-exercises-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/7871\/pain-management-class-breathing-exercises-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Pain Management Class:  Breathing Exercises Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\">This article is in our series featuring pain management techniques to help you decrease and cope with pain.\u00a0 It&#8217;s your at-home pain management class!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\">The first skills that I teach patients are <strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">relaxed breathing exercises<\/span><\/strong>. These help you reduce pain by helping you relax. Here are 2 for you to try:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/resources\/breathing-exercise-1.html\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Breathing #1<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/resources\/breathing-exercise-2.html\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Breathing #2<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\">You can use these exercises in several ways:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 13px; color: #333333; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\">read through the exercise and then do it from memory (it doesn&#8217;t have to be done exactly as I&#8217;ve written it)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 13px; color: #333333; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\">tape record the exercise yourself, then play it back for yourself (you can even do this on your cellphone)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 13px; color: #333333; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\">have someone else read or record the exercise for you<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\">Your assignment: <\/span><\/strong><em><b><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\">Do at least 1 breathing exercise a day<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article is in our series featuring pain management techniques to help you decrease and cope with pain.\u00a0 It&#8217;s your at-home pain management class! The first skills that I teach patients are relaxed breathing exercises. These help you reduce pain by helping you relax. 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