relaxation therapy

relaxation therapy
treatment by teaching a patient to decrease his anxiety by reducing the tone in his muscles. This can be used by itself to help people cope with stressful situations or as a part of desensitization to specific fears.

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any of a number of techniques for inducing the relaxation response (q.v.), used for the reduction of stress; such techniques are helpful in the management of a wide variety of chronic illnesses that are caused or exacerbated by stress.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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