Fibromyalgia is no joke. A patient who suffers from it experiences widespread musculoskeletal pain. To make things worse, the painful sensation is amplified as the condition affects the brain on pain processing signals.

But, therapy dogs can ease this pain. For patients enrolled in the Mayo Clinic Fibromyalgia Treatment Program, this was put to the test. 221 patients were observed. Half of the patients were given 20 minutes to interact with a therapy dog.

The results showed that patients with dogs became more relaxed. They also showed an increase of salivary oxytocin – the cuddle or love hormone. 80% of the treated patients agreed and strongly agreed that the presence of therapy dogs helped them.

Source: PAIN NEWS NETWORK

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