Do You Suffer From Chronic Pain.. Is the pain stopping You from living the life you want.
Chronic pain is a debilitating and shockingly common condition, In many cases, pain is an important signal that lets us know when something is wrong in the body so that we can attend to it and make it right. However, in the case of chronic pain, these signals persist well beyond their usefulness. Even once we have done everything possible to diagnose and treat the source of pain, still it repeatedly reminds us that "something's wrong!" But we don't feel the same degree of pain all the time, do we? You've probably noticed there are times when your pain diminishes significantly. Have you ever been so thoroughly absorbed in something that you forgot all about your pain? There's only so much your brain can consciously attend to at a time, so when your brain is completely distracted with something else, it no longer perceives pain.
This should be a source of great hope! The way we perceive pain has far more to do with what's going on in our minds than with what's happening in our bodies. And our minds are remarkably malleable. By changing the way our brains process the perception of pain, we can exert a surprising amount of influence on our day-to-day experience of chronic pain. In light of the above. You may not be surprised to learn that hypnosis has shown some impressive results in helping to alleviate chronic pain. Research has found that for adults with chronic pain hypnosis has given medium to large improvements in pain intensity that has been maintained for up to 12 months after treatment.
Why Not Try Hypnotherapy for Pain
Hypnotherapy can help you to:
* Experience greater physical comfort, and manage discomfort more effectively
* Feel more mentally calm and relaxed
* Sleep more soundly at night
* Feel motivated to do more of the things you enjoy
* Feel so much better in general
If you try Hypnotherapy for pain relief you will find that hypnosis not only reduces the intensity of the pain, but in certain circumstances is able to completely heal it. Hypnosis creates a mental state in which the subconscious mind can more easily receive suggestions. The client is brought to a state of deep relaxation and then the mind is told how to respond to pain messages. It is also possible to use hypnosis over time to reduce pain and become more relaxed.
However, it is important to be aware that sometimes pain is giving you a message that something is wrong. Eliminating the pain without discovering its cause is unwise. It is therefore important to get a diagnosis of the cause of the pain. Once you are able to discover the cause, you can then safely deal with the pain.
Hypnosis is a safe approach to pain relief.
In a hypnotic state you are keenly aware of what you are hearing even though you are very relaxed and your brainwaves have slowed to alpha state. Hypnosis for pain is able to address both physical and mental causes of pain and train the mind and body to appropriately respond to the pain messages.
Whereas medication blocks the ability of the body to feel pain for a brief period, hypnosis can actually lower the intensity of the pain as well as the number of pain events.
Under hypnosis you can program your brain to release endorphins when needed to alleviate pain in any part of the body. Endorphins are like opiates (painkillers) and are naturally produced in the brain. Athletes produce these brain chemicals during intense workouts and experience feelings of euphoria.
These endorphins can produce a mild anaesthesia or a full anaesthesia. In fact, throughout history (and even in modern times) surgery has been done on people using hypnosis instead of chemical anaesthesia.
There are three basic ways that hypnosis can help with back pain.
- Hypnotherapy for pain can give suggestions directly to the subconscious to influence perception of pain. This means that even though the pain is still there you do not experience it.
- Hypnotism can produce endorphins to anesthetize the area of pain so that you don’t feel it.
- Hypnosis can uncover emotional causes of pain and provide a way to heal them which can lead to permanent healing.
Hypnotherapy for pain is safe and natural. It will immediately provide relaxation benefits and improve sleep; in the longer term it will significantly improve pain and in fact may eliminate it altogether.