Want to cure your chronic pain?

If you are like most people, you have suffered from chronic pain. Maybe it's a throbbing headache or neck and low back pain. According to Teresa Deshields, assistant professor of community and family medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, those pangs may be caused by what we unknowingly do to ourselves. The cure is as simple as monitoring our bodies more closely to correct the problems. It is process known as biofeedback, which literally means getting information, or feedback, about your body.

"One of the differences of biofeedback treatment is that we teach physical relaxation and how to achieve a relaxed state. Most people tune out what is happening in their own bodies. Painful symptoms may be caused by bad posture and tense muscles. Biofeedback gives information about your physical habits to help you do what you need to get rid of the unnecessary pain."

While high-tech biofeedback equipment gives patients precise and detailed information about their physical state in order to manage their bodies more effectively, there are some simple things you can do on your own, Deshields suggests:

Headaches. Observe and monitor the condition. Note factors which seem to affect your headaches. For example, some people drink too much caffeine, and many...