Pain Management

Address Your Stress

Pain naturally causes a stress reaction in the body, and stress itself can contribute to the sensation of pain. Research shows that learning stress management techniques can improve your ability to function physically, perform the activities of daily living and help to reduce your pain.

Our collection of stress management tools can help you to break this stress-pain cycle to better manage your pain.

Watch a Stress Reduction Web Video

Hill Physicians’ health videos provide helpful tips on how to get and physically, emotionally and spiritually fit.

• Coping in Difficult Times
• Managing Stress with Chronic Illness
• 8 Fun Ways to Relieve Stress

Listen to a Relaxation Podcast

Hill Physicians' relaxation podcasts guide you through exercises to reduce your stress in a convenient audio format. Some podcasts include downloadable tip sheets to help guide you through the podcast and to keep for your reference. To listen to a podcast, simply click the links below and your Windows media player will launch.

• Acupressure for Stress Relief podcast | Acupressure guide
• Autogenic Relaxation podcast 
• Breathing In, Breathing Out podcast
• Creating a Peaceful Day podcast
• Smiling Meditation podcast
• Total Tension Relief podcast
• Whole Body Relaxation podcast

Try a Stress Management Action Set

We’re proud to partner with Healthwise to deliver the Healthwise Knowledgebase^® to you. The following action sets were designed by Healthwise to help you take an active role in managing your stress.

• Stress management: Breathing exercises for relaxation
• Stress management: Doing guided imagery to relax
• Stress management: Doing meditation
• Stress management: Doing progressive muscle relaxation
• Stress management: Managing your time
• Stress management: Practicing yoga to relax
• Stress management: Reducing stress by being assertive
• Stress management: Relaxing your mind and body

Download our Stress Management Tip Sheet for more ideas on how to reduce your stress level.