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Hypnotic Pain Relief

 

Hypnosis-like states to control pain and induce healing have been used for millennia.

 

Now with sophisticated imaging equipment we are

able to view the workings of the brain non-invasively

during hypnosis.

 

The results of these brain scans visibly prove that hypnosis alters our

perception of pain.¹

HYPNOTIC PAIN RELIEF

 

Blocking of pain REQUIRES a physician referral.

 

                       See link below;

“Physician Referral Form” 

 

It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe in hypnosis or if

you think you can’t be hypnotized.

 

It doesn’t matter if you’re male or female, young or elderly.²

 

Everyone’s pain threshold can be increased, resulting in less pain,

less anxiety, and less pain medication.³

 

Even healing is faster and more comfortable with Hypnotherapy.⁴

 

                 See links below;

“Preparation For a Medical or Dental Procedure” 

&

“Post Surgical Stress, Pain and Healing”

 

Many studies show that procedural anxiety and pain, surprisingly, is the most amenable to hypnotherapy.  This may be in part because it is the most studied.

 

What type or source of pain can be modified or alleviated with hypnotherapy?

 

Simply put, ALL PAIN !

Including;

 

                Injury

                Surgery (Patient is always able to hear and respond to doctor’s directions.)

                Arthritis

                Over Use

                Childbirth (Mother is always able to hear and respond to doctor’s directions.)

                Headache

                Phantom Limb

                Even pain from psychosomatic origins.

               (Psychosomatic pain sometimes requires psychotherapy to eliminate the

                psychological reason for the pain. Otherwise the pain may break through.)

 

 

Variables of Hypnotic Pain Relief

 

It can be turned off and on.

 

It can block pain and let other sensation through.

 

The degree of blocking can be varied from 0% to 100%.

 

It can be set up to be there sometimes and sometimes not.

 

          To block pain while you’re resting, 

                    so you’re comfortable most of the time.

 

          And to partially block pain when you’re up to use the bathroom, 

                    so you remain cautious and don’t overdo and injure yourself further.

 

          Or to not block pain at all when your physician is examining you, 

                    so an accurate evaluation of your condition can be made.

 

It can be set up with a threshold.

 

          To block pain during physical therapy, up to a certain threshold,

          but as you approach the threshold, normal feelings begin to rush in. 

 

                    This protects you from overdoing, yet allows you to work hard

                    to get the most from your therapy.

 

Hypnotic pain relief can be tailored to any number of variables

to fit your special needs.

 

If you’re in pain and medication isn’t working enough or you can’t use it;

 

Dr Bushnell, speaking of her research that won the American Pain Society’s

Frederick Kerr Award for pain research (Manzer, 2007), referred to hypnosis this way;

 

“You are actually reducing that pain, just as if you’d given them a shot of morphine.”

 

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References

 

¹ Manzer, J. (2003, April 15).  Brain images lend new insight into pain control. 

            Medical Post, Toronto 39 (15); p. 18

 

² Lutgendorf, S. K., Lang, E. V., Berbaum, K. S., Russell, D., Berbaum, M. L.,

            Logan, H., et al. (2007, Feb-Mar). Effects of age on responsiveness to adjunct

            hypnotic analgesia during invasive medical procedures. Psychosomatic

            Medicine, 69 (2):191-9

 

³ Lang, E. V., Benotsch, E. G., Fick, L. J., Lutgendorf, S., Berbaum, M. L.,

            Berbaum, K. S., et al. (2000, Apr 29). Adjunctive non-pharmacological

            analgesia for invasive medical procedures: a randomized trial. 

            Lancet 35 (9214):1486-90

 

⁴ Ginandes, C., Brooks, P., Sando, W., Jones, C. & Aker, J. (2003, Apr).

            Can medical hypnosis accelerate post-surgical wound healing? Results of a

            clinical trial. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 45 (4):333-51.

 

Please Note;

Many scholarly journals cannot be accessed without subscriptions. 

University libraries, hospital libraries, research facilities, and some city and county libraries can locate these papers for you.  If you need help accessing a paper to which I’ve referred, please contact this office.

 

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