Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patient 18 ≥ years old * Chronic back pain * Pain persistent for a minimum of 3 days a week for the past three months prior to enrollment * Willingness to consider mind-body intervention * At least score of 2 or more on Roland Disability Questionnaire * At least score of 3 or more back pain bothersomeness Exclusion Criteria: * Patients \< 18 years of age * Patients \> 67 years of age * Diagnosed organic disease as cause of pain, such as (but not limited) to malignancy, neurologic disorder (i.e., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), cauda equina syndrome (note that pain related to disc disease is not an exclusion unless there are neurological impairments) * Patients with a diagnosis of significant psychiatric co-morbidities such as schizophrenia, dementia, and bipolar disorder