Balancing those MS Scales with Meditation

Meditation has proven in many cases to be a great stress reliever and pain alleviator. Meditation improves your mood, boosts your immunity and reduces anxiety and many other ailments. It is no wonder that meditation is viewed as a possible treatment for MS. There are millions of people who can attest to the fact that meditation works.

How Meditation Works

When you meditate, it brings a feeling of relaxation to your body which in turn slows down your metabolism, your blood pressure lowers all the while your breathing brain waves and heart rate is bolstered. The bottom line is that muscle tension starts to release as a result of the meditation. So how does this benefit people with MS?

There is scientific evidence of MRIs conducted on people who meditate and there is a lot more activity than normal in the areas of the brain that regulate the heart beat and metabolism. In addition, there is proof that meditation creates changes that are long lasting in memory, attention span, clarity and perception. These are all cognitive areas which can be impacted by MS.

It takes time and effort in order for meditation to start working for you. Just like any sport, practice is necessary in order for you to get the hang of meditation. Practicing how to breathe properly as well as clear the mind can be difficult. However, eventually you can become proficient and gain a relaxed state much more quickly. This relaxation and drain of stressful tension in the body can greatly help MS sufferers alleviate some of the pain built into the muscles.

Another way that meditation helps MS patients is as an immunity booster. When you get sick even with a simple cold when you have MS, it can be a big deal. What would normally be a miserable few days for someone without the disease can be an emotionally and physically draining several weeks as your body works harder to ward illness off. With meditation, your body produces more antibodies to help ward of illness than if you did not meditate.

Women with MS sometimes have problems with the normal premenstrual symptoms and even menopause because of the hormonal changes. However, with meditation, these symptoms are often greatly improved and those pesky menopausal hot flashes? They are greatly reduced thanks to meditation.

Meditation also helps boost the brain activity associated with happiness as well as cognitive learning. Some people who have MS may have depression or negative thoughts that they just cannot fight very successfully. However with meditation, the brain waves are altered creating a type of euphoria which not only is a great mood alleviator but also helps guard against the worst of the MS pain that might be present.

While some doctors may be skeptic about meditation, it does nothing to set your MS back and it won’t hurt to try it. Many doctors cannot dispute the fact that their MS patients are more positive, alert and experience less pain than those who do not meditate. Coincidence? Absolutely not! Meditate on it a while and you will likely come to the same conclusion.