Developing and Testing a Multicomponent Breathwork Intervention for Adults With Chronic Pain
The proposed research is to develop and refine a multicomponent breathwork intervention, Guided Respiration Mindfulness Therapy, and to iteratively evaluate its feasibility, acceptability, and plausibility for clinically significant effects in people with chronic low back pain. This integrative breathwork intervention involves a 60-minute breathing session where the focus is to maintain a conscious connected breathing pattern (no pause between inhale and exhale), apply mindful acceptance to somatic sensations, and relax any physical tension. Each breathwork session will be delivered 1-on-1 in person by a trained facilitator. The treatment consists of 8 breathwork sessions, once per week for 8 weeks.
• Men and women 18-70 years of age.
• Chronic primary low back pain that has persisted for at least 3 months and on most days for the past 6 months.
• Average pain intensity of ≥ 4/10 for the past month.
• Fluent in English.
• Access to internet with a valid email address.
• Able to lay down and stay relatively still for one hour.