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A Prescription for Mindfulness

Dana DiRenzo, MD, MHS  |  July 13, 2022

The prescription is a powerful tool for a physician. As rheuma­tologists, we prescribe many things—drugs, physical therapy, durable medical equipment—but what about stress reduction? We are very specific about times of day to take medications and in what manner. Patients ask: With or without food? With other medications? Before or after other prescribed medications? If…

Filed under:AppsEducation & TrainingTechnology Tagged with:meditationmindfulnessself-managementStress

Mindfulness-Based Therapy Improves Function in Fibromyalgia

Reuters Staff  |  August 7, 2019

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is more effective than treatment as usual for improving function and other outcomes in patients with fibromyalgia, according to a new randomized trial. MBSR is an extension of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) intended to help patients change the way they experience symptoms, Dr. Albert Feliu-Soler of the Institut de…

Filed under:ConditionsPain SyndromesSoft Tissue Pain Tagged with:Chronic painFibromyalgiamindfulnessPainPain Managementpatient care

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Only Slightly Improves Low Back Pain

Will Boggs, MD  |  April 26, 2017

(Reuters Health)—Mindfulness-based stress reduction programs (MSBR) appear to improve low back pain only slightly, and only temporarily, a review of previous research suggests. These programs combine meditation while sitting and walking, yoga, focusing attention on different parts of the body and incorporation of mindfulness/awareness into everyday life. Earlier studies found MBSR to be helpful for…

Filed under:ConditionsPain SyndromesSoft Tissue Pain Tagged with:Back painChronic painlow back painmindfulness

Practicing Mindfulness Can Help Alter Patients’ Experience With Chronic Rheumatic Diseases

Practicing Mindfulness Can Help Alter Patients’ Experience with Chronic Rheumatic Diseases

C. Ronald MacKenzie, MD  |  April 15, 2016

Mindfulness is a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while acknowledging and non-judgmentally accepting one’s feelings, thoughts and bodily sensations. Known in Sanskrit as smrti, meaning “to remember,” in Pali, the language of early Buddhist scriptures, it is recognized by the word sati (mindfulness).1 Derived from ancient meditative Buddhist disciplines,…

Filed under:ConditionsPain SyndromesPractice SupportQuality Assurance/Improvement Tagged with:FibromyalgiaManagementmindfulnessPainpatient careRheumatic DiseaseRheumatoid arthritisStress

Mindfulness May Improve Medical Efficacy in Rheumatology Patients

Kimberly Retzlaff  |  September 15, 2015

Every day, rheumatology patients live with the realities of having a chronic disease that requires a lifetime of treatment. This knowledge can be an emotional burden, and some people deal with it better than others. Emerging research is showing that those patients who exhibit emotional control are better able to cope and ultimately experience a…

Filed under:ConditionsPractice Support Tagged with:Clinicalmindfulnesspatient carerheumatologyTreatment

Rheuminations: Lessons from 5 Years of COVID-19

Bharat Kumar, MD, MME, FACP, FAAAAI, RhMSUS  |  March 6, 2025

My children were playing in the car the other day and pulled open the glove box. Inside, they found a brown paper bag with my last name “KUMAR” in black Sharpie and a red sticker that read, “Do not lose. No replacements available.” It wasn’t long before the kids tore that bag apart to find…

Filed under:OpinionRheuminations Tagged with:COVID-19

Empowered Patients

Vanessa Caceres  |  September 1, 2024

This year’s theme for Rheumatic Disease Awareness Month focuses on self-management, aiming to provide tools and tips to empower patients, boost awareness about the importance of self-management and, ultimately, improve patient outcomes.

Filed under:ConditionsPractice Management Tagged with:patient careRDAMRheumatic Disease Awareness Month (RDAM)self-managementSimple Tasks

Flipbooks: Patient and Family Education Tools

Aryan Gopinath & Srilatha Kothandaraman, MD  |  June 25, 2024

A school science project demonstrates that flipbooks can be a useful educational tool for patients and their families to learn about rheumatic conditions and their treatment.

Filed under:ConditionsOpinionOsteoarthritis and Bone DisordersPatient PerspectivePractice SupportSystemic Lupus Erythematosus

Chronic Pain & the Mind-Body Connection

Vanessa Caceres  |  June 12, 2024

Howard Schubiner, MD, shares what led him to focus on the mind-body connection during an episode of the ACR on Air podcast. He discusses recent research into how pain reprocessing may help patients suffering from psychological-related chronic pain.

Filed under:Conditions

Mental Health in Rheumatology

Vanessa Caceres  |  March 26, 2024

Regaining a sense of control, limiting responsibilities and engaging in mindfulness can help rheumatologists manage their mental health needs. Rheumatologists should also address the mental health concerns raised by their patients. Here are insights from a psychiatrist/rheumatologist.

Filed under:ConditionsOther Rheumatic Conditions Tagged with:burnoutMental Health

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