Chronic Pain
The subconscious mind is responsible for the pain signals that are transmitted from our brains to the area of our body that has been damaged or hurt. These signals are 'designed' to alert us that something isn't quite right and we need to attend to the area.
Occasionally, there is a pain associated with a physical injury that doesn't seem to completely go away, even when that injury has healed. I liken this to a fire alarm going off (brain signals to alert you of pain). Once the issue has been dealt with, the fire alarm isn't reset. So the alarm is sounding when there is absolutely no need for it anymore.
This old Pain is masking any new pain
Your subconscious mind may sometimes forget to turn the pain signal off.
Hypnosis can help turn off these old, un-needed pain signals
However, in a lot of cases the pain is (to the client) unexplained. It just starts seemingly on its own. Scans, tests, x-rays and specialists may not find the answer as to why this pain exists. There may be no physical injury.
I will then work with the client to understand what the cause may be, not in a physical "well the x-ray says this" way as you will already know that nothing was found.
In these cases, in my experience, it is likely to be emotional pain. There is an emotional reason that your subconscious mind wants addressing, so it attaches and manifests itself into pain signals. We work together to understand why the pain signals exist.
Emotional Pain
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Fibromyalgia
Hi Stephen, I thought I'd let you know how I've gotten on since treatment. I'm almost 3 weeks pain free, I've not had that for 5 years. Its also affected other Fibromyalgia symptoms, I'm sleeping better, my concentration has improved and yesterday I painted the kitchen something I could never have imagined doing 3 weeks ago. I'm careful not to over do things but my life is slowly returning to me, honestly I cant thank you enough.
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Is hypnosis effective for pain?
There are lots of tools in the chest to use when working with pain. Some of these methods don't even use hypnosis in the traditional sense.
I have trained in OldPain2Go ® and am a qualified practitioner, taught by the founder Steven Blake. OldPain2Go is a a revolutionary method in working with clients to become pain free or reducing the pain to a manageable level. This technique is effective and rapid and clients often think they are just having a conversation - because they pretty much are!
Research into Hypnosis on pain
Study in Hypnosis and Clinical Pain
Hypnosis has been demonstrated to reduce analogue pain, and studies on the mechanisms of laboratory pain reduction have provided useful applications to clinical populations. Studies showing central nervous system activity during hypnotic procedures offer preliminary information concerning possible physiological mechanisms of hypnotic analgesia.
Randomised controlled studies with clinical populations indicate that hypnosis has a reliable and significant impact on acute procedural pain and chronic pain conditions, Methodological issues of this body of research are discussed, as are methods to better integrate hypnosis into comprehensive pain treatment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
https://psycnet.apa.org/buy/2003-06077-004
Study in Hypnosis and affects on Pain
Meta-analysis of 18 studies revealed a moderate to large hypnoanalgesic effect, supporting the efficacy of hypnotic techniques for pain management. The results also indicated that hypnotic suggestion was equally effective in reducing both clinical and experimental pain. The overall results suggest broader application of hypnoanalgesic techniques with pain patients.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207140008410045
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