Dealing With Pain

I began reading an essay on the "miraculous" effects of spiritual healing and I also had an opportunity to use my own healing techniques on myself since I had considerable sciatica pain. I tried to reduce my pain using a hot pad, a cold pack, aspirin, stretching and a combination of my own healing techniques. My techniques include healing touch, meditation to explore the source of the pain and visualizing healing the tissues. My techniques sound pretty "woo - woo" but I have often been impressed with their efficacy if done with love. In this case they were the only thing that worked. I have also successfully used the same techniques to avoid surgery many times.