ABSTRACT
Pain is a complex experience that typically requires a multifaceted, multidimensional, multidisciplinary approach. Relaxation and biofeedback are often components of treatment and, although this chapter focuses on these treatments as isolated techniques, rarely are they applied in this fashion. More typically they are combined with one another, various aspects of cognitive-behavior therapy (Gatchel, Robinson, Pulliam, & Maddrey, 2003; Thorn, 2004; Waters, Campbell, Keefe, & Carson, 2004), and ongoing medical care. Consequently, they are one of many options that patients and therapists consider and find of value.
