Does deep and slow breathing in concert with relaxation modulate sympathetic arousal and pain perception?
Deep and slow breathing combined with relaxation is an essential feature in modulating sympathetic arousal and pain perception.
Our results suggest that the way of breathing decisively influences autonomic and pain processing, thereby identifying DSB in concert with relaxation as the essential feature in the modulation of sympathetic arousal and pain perception.
Busch et al. (2011) studied this question.
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