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Post Surgical Stress, Pain, and Healing Your surgery is done but your healing is only just beginning. You’ll get more out of your physical therapy if you’re able to work at it harder, in more comfort, and with less stress. Stress Reduces Immunity.1 Hypnotherapy is proven to: Reduce Stress and Pain2 Speeding Healing3,4 Enhance Immunity.5 |
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Post Surgical Stress, Pain and Healing Visits to hospital, rehab and your home are available. Blocking of pain REQUIRES a physician referral. See link below; “Physician Referral Form” Hypnosis is proven to reduce or eliminate pain and anxiety and we understand how to use it for these. However the mechanisms involved are still partially unclear. Ongoing research is advancing our understanding. Spiegel (2007) has this to say: “Hypnotic analgesia is real, no less palpable an analgesic than medication, although the pathways are different and do not seem to involve endogenous opiates. Rather, hypnosis seems to involve brain activation via dopamine pathways. Thus, it is not surprising that hypnosis, which mobilizes attention pathways in the brain, can be used effectively to reduce pain perception and anxiety.” Hospital Visits Hospital visits require a referral from your attending physician. If you’ll be in hospital for some time this may be the best option. Whether you’ve had “Preparation For a Medical or Dental Procedure” or not, we will begin to move your recovery forward. A pain block may be established so that while you’re in bed you feel comfortable, but if you need to get up, you will feel a portion of the actual feelings. This protects you from overdoing while providing some degree of comfort. Also the pain block can be “turned off” so that when your doctor is examining you, you feel the actual feelings. He or she needs to get an accurate picture of your condition. If your doctor thinks it appropriate, varying degrees of pain block can be utilized even when you’re up and about or during physical therapy. See links below; “Hypnotic Pain Relief” & “Preparation For a Medical or Dental Procedure” Rehab Visits I will meet with your physical therapist to establish the appropriate level of pain block. Physical therapy requires moving parts of your body that will cause pain. Physical therapy is an important part of your recovery. The intension is to push enough to keep the parts moving separately and to get the desired range of motion, etc., but without going past the appropriate line. Passing the appropriate line will increase injury and set your healing back. Varying degrees and forms of pain block can be established. Remember - doing too little of your physical therapy, may mean an unnecessary loss of abilities. Home visits Home visits are available as needed to facilitate and/or continue your progress. Hypnotherapy - Because It Works Copyright 2006-2008 ABOVE and BEYOND stress, LLC All Rights Reserved References 1 Bower, B., (1993, Sept). Marital tiffs spark immune swoon … but hypnosis offers immune aid. (fighting temporarily weakens the immune system; hypnosis enhances immune system). Science News 144.n10 2 Spiegel, D., (2007). The mind prepared: Hypnosis in surgery. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007 99 (17):1280-1281 3 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. 4 Ginandes, C. S. & Rosenthal, D. I., (1999, Mar). Using hypnosis to accelerate the healing of bone fractures: A randomized controlled pilot study. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 5 (2):67-75. 5 Anderson, R. A., (2006, July). Immunity and hypnosis. (Clinical Report). Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine 276: p129(1) 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. |
