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Breathing & Relaxation

Slow breathing and muscle-release skills that some people use to lower tension that travels with pain.

Breathing & RelaxationBeginner

Progressive muscle relaxation

A beginner method of briefly tensing and then releasing muscle groups, used to notice where the body is bracing around pain.

Breathing & RelaxationBeginner

Slow diaphragmatic breathing

A beginner relaxation skill: slower breaths that gently move the belly, used to lower tension and alarm that often travel with pain.

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