
Pranic Healing as a Complementary Therapy in Managing Fibromyalgia: A Case Report
Correspondence Address :
Dr. MKS Vinushree,
No. 44, 4th Main, 1st Cross, Saraswathipuram World Pranic Healing Foundation,
India-Research Centre, Mysuru-570009, Karnataka, India.
E-mail: research@pranichealing.co.in
Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome with main symptoms including pain and tenderness in various parts of the body along with sleep deprivation, fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, and emotional distress. Pranic Healing (PH) is a traditional no-touch healing technique based on balancing the body’s energy centres or chakras. Here, a case of a 37-year-old female is presented who was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, with pain, stiffness, and sleep disturbances as major symptoms. These symptoms were measured using the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) score. She received distant PH as a complementary therapy to manage chronic pain and exhaustion symptoms. PH was effective in significantly reducing the severity of fibromyalgia symptoms, including pain by 40% and stiffness by 40%, and improving the quality of sleep by 60% after eight sessions of PH. Thus, PH has the potential to be used as a complementary non pharmacological therapy besides conventional pharmacological approaches to manage fibromyalgia.
Chakras, Chronic pain, Prana
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2021/50854.15436
Date of Submission: Jun 14, 2021
Date of Peer Review: Jul 29, 2021
Date of Acceptance: Aug 12, 2021
Date of Publishing: Sep 01, 2021
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• Financial or Other Competing Interests: None
• Was informed consent obtained from the subjects involved in the study? Yes
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