From Anne Asher,
Your Guide to Back & Neck Pain.
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Abdominal breathing, also known as belly breathing is an excellent pain management tool. It may take a leap of faith, as well as a learning curve to begin to reap the benefits, but its beauty lies in its simplicity.

The technique of abdominal breathing merely takes advantage of what nature gave us, and so side effects will be minimal, if present at all.

• Dennis Lewis is one of my favorite authors on this subject. His book, The Tao of Natural Breathing is a must read.
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• Caregiver-Information gives a few things to try, and discusses shallow vs deep breathing. Guess which type of breathing is good for you...