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Pain, the brain and qigong - Journal of Chinese Medicine, Jun 2008 |
| Posted by Paula Hutchinson (paulahutchinson) on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 10:07 AM |
Functional changes relating to pain processing occur in the brain during the practice of qigong. Chinese researchers used fMRI to observe the brains of four male qigong masters (each with more than 30 years experience) while they practiced qigong after receiving a painful stimulus. After 15 minutes qigong practice, many previously activated areas of the brain showed decreased activity, with the exception of the SII insula, which showed increased response amplitude. (fMRI study of pain reaction in the brain under state of "Qigong". Am J Chin Med. 2007;35(6):937-45).
