Check this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16406814

Interesting news story on meditation from the BBC, with brain scans showing how using meditation techniques can help reduce pain levels.

Dear Karl,

Great video.  Thank you for sharing and I can totally confirm it is true!!!  I have been using Mindfulness Meditation (via the Bhante Gunaratana books I recommended in the Coffee Shop) with BrainEv (as we all know  LOL) and can agree that pain management is much improved via both, although my pain condition (physical source of pain is in the neuromusculature of my body--not in my head) has not been cured any more than the Lupus was by the person in the video. Indeed, this video backs up my experience and so I concur.

Meditation & BWE (like BrainEv) can reduce chronic pain for some folks and make it more manageable, if not cure it entirely for some.  Obviously, it depends on what kind of chronic pain you have, why you have it, severity, etc. Definitely better than pharmaceutical therapies I invested in (much safer to overall health to boot). Note to others who read--check with your doctor first.