The Effectiveness of Relaxation Techniques with Patients Who Have Chronic Low Back Pain

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Abstract
The effectiveness of two types of relaxation training methods—applied relaxation and applied relaxation with biofeedback—was evaluated. Forty women with chronic low back pain underwent initial, discharge, and follow-up assessments that used three measures from the McGill Pain Questionnaire. At discharge, both groups showed a similar improvement on two out of the three measures, that is, number of words chosen and pain rating index. At follow-up, the two treatment groups showed a similar decline on the number of words chosen measure. On the pain rating index measure, subjects in the applied relaxation with biofeedback treatment group maintained a significantly better improvement.