September 11, 2024
Hypnosis: A Valuable Tool for Pain & Recovery
There are many studies that reveal the effectiveness of hypnosis to reduce pain, calm the nervous system, and support healing.
There are many studies that reveal the effectiveness of hypnosis to reduce pain, calm the nervous system, and support healing.
The Mayo Clinic composed an extensive report on the effectiveness of Hypnosis as a complimentary medical therapy. The American Medical Association and Psychiatric Association have both endorsed Hypnosis. Hypnosis can be a very effective tools and support for individuals experiencing pain from injury, surgery, and illness. Pain and how it impacts our life and our mental/emotional state is often termed a Cycle. It can impact our muscles, apply pressure on nerves, reduce circulation, restrict movement – all on the physical body.
On the mental/emotional levels of our life and our relationships, pain can cause poor sleep and insomnia as well as depression and anxiety. Pain can also become very isolating, shocking, and traumatic especially if the causes of the pain have arisen from an accident or injury.
With Hypnosis, we shift the brainwaves into the theta state where our systems are able to relax more deeply and thus healing is less impeded by our fears, thoughts, and reactions to it. Hypnosis can actually transform our perceptions of the discomfort so that throughts that are torturing us in the day and preventing us from sleep change into life affirming and healing perceptions. Learning Self-Hypnosis, clients practice how to shift brainwaves at home, how to remain more calm pre and post surgery, and research shows hypnosis can often lead to less need for pain medications and even anesthesia. When our nervous system is more calm, our body can do what it is designed to do so perfectly - heal and restore. Our energy can rebuild. We sleep better. And we become empowered with a skill that we can use for the rest of our life in many circumstances.
There are no negative side effects for hypnosis like most medications. Hypnosis is not addictive like narcotic medicines and recreational substances may become.
There are many studies that reveal the effectiveness of hypnosis to reduce pain, calm the nervous system, and support healing. Below are a few:
The National Institute of Health: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2752362/
Stanford University: https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2023/04/14/how-hypnosis-can-alter-the-brains-perception-of-pain/
Arthritis Foundation: https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/treatment/complementary-therapies/natural-therapies/hypnosis-for-pain-relief
Sessions to reduce diagnosis shock are very effective for both cancer, and other diagnosis and are a significant support and tool for the treatment and healing journey that a client chooses. I have trained with the most popular hospital based program for cancer patients that uses hypnosis. When asked if patients wanted to eliminate the hypnosis segment to savetime, it was noted that hypnosis was very valuable and popular in their recovery and healing.
Hypnosis is a natural and powerful method of helping the body relax, heal, rebalance, and for the mind to feel a sense of rest and safety that is often missing in individuals' lives due to pain and the effects of it. If you are suffering with pain, allow your mind to open to this very popular and potent approach with a highly skilled professional Hypnotherapist such as myself. You may be surprised at how effective it can be for you.
Accessing the full power of your mind is like turning on the lights of a dark room, and finding that you hold unlimited possibilities. Much is revealed, you have clear direction and regain control, with valuable skills for a lifetime.
