The gym doesn’t have to feel like a battlefield. For years, fitness culture has championed the “no pain, no gain” mentality, ...

There are many mindfulness methods that aim to quiet the mind, but one method that is especially beloved by sleep doctors to ease the transition to dreamland is called progressive muscle relaxation. I ...

While it’s possible to optimize your stress for a better performance to some degree, too much stress at work can make you less productive and generally more unhappy in life overall. You need a balance ...

Progressive muscle relaxation exercises may improve depression, sleep, and quality of life in patients with epilepsy. A study on the effects of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) exercises in ...

DENVER — A first-of-its-kind study evaluating a mindfulness intervention to ease grief unexpectedly showed that the control treatment, progressive muscle relaxation, was more effective. "Both ...

A six session group focused on teaching the fundamentals of relaxation, mindfulness, and stress reduction. Methods for inducing the "relaxation response" are taught through explanation, visual images, ...

A smartphone-based progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) program offered to patients with migraine visiting the emergency department yielded significant improvements in migraine-related disability ...

Observations made on anesthetized patients with a recently introduced synthetic muscle relaxant, succinylcholine, indicated that this agent, administered in the form of continuous intravenous infusion ...