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Pain Management with Hypnosis Do you suffer with chronic pain? Is just getting through the day an ordeal? Despite medical advances, chronic pain remains one of the most costly and prevalent disabilities in medicine today. Renewed interest in an age-old pain treatment may hold the promise of relief for you as it has for thousands of others. For centuries, hypnosis has been used as a treatment for pain and this effective treatment is rapidly becoming a popular antidote to chronic pain. Studies have shown that patients using hypnosis to manage their pain typically enjoy significant reductions in pain medication, most eliminating the need for medication altogether.
Maybe your pain is the result of a back injury, or an old sports injury. You may have tried surgery, traction and a variety of other medical treatments, only to find your pain the same or just slightly reduced. Perhaps your pain is the result of a painful illness, such as fibromyalgia, for which there is no cure. Maybe you have intense migraines or debilitating menstrual pain. Whatever the source of your pain, you do not need to suffer endlessly or take sedating medication that may leave you feeling listless and groggy. You do not have to "just live with it". Prior to the introduction of chemical anesthesia, hypnosis was the primary means of surgical anesthesia. It is used today in the alleviation of both chronic and acute pain, and in pain associated with many therapeutic procedures, such as burn debridement. Hypnosis is used to treat pain in cancer patients and burn patients, in dentistry, childbirth, rehabilitation therapy, and some surgeries. It is especially effective in treatment of chronic back pain, migraines, and menstrual pain. Hypnosis has been used throughout the country to treat pain, especially in the prestigious Pain Rehabilitation Unit of Bay General Community Hospital, Chula Vista, California, the Rancho Bernardo Pain Rehabilitation Center, Poway, California, and the world renowned Cancer Counseling and Research Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Relieving Pain with Hypnosis There are two ways in which hypnosis is used to treat pain: Hypnoanesthesia, in which the patient loses all awareness similar to the unconscious state of chemical anesthesia, and Hypnoanalgesia, in which only the pain sensations are removed. In Hypnoanalgesia, the patient is alert and fully aware of everything. He just feels no pain. It's like taking pain medicine. In both Hypnoanesthesia and Hypnoanalgesia, the focus is on the management of the pain sensation. When an insult to the body occurs, through injury or illness, it is not the affected site that causes the pain. The perception of injury is relayed to the brain which, in turn, creates pain sensations. The pain you feel originates in the brain, not at the site of injury. Hypnosis blocks the perception of pain, just like a pain-killing drug, but without the sedation or side-effects. Studies have shown that under anesthesia, the physical components of pain remain, as measured by electromylography, blood volume, galvanic skin responses, pupil dilation and blood steroid levels. Although hypnosis typically results in a reduction of the elevated blood pressure and anxiety states associated with pain, it is primarily the feeling of pain that is altered. In hypnosis, the pain sensations are blocked from reaching the brain, thus eliminating the sensation of pain. Pain Management is one of the most effective of all hypnosis applications. Why not begin learning to use your inner healing power today? By learning to harness and focus the healing power of your own body, you can immediately reduce your pain without the use of drugs or medications. The techniques employed in Hypnoanesthesia and Hypnoanalgesia are highly specialized and require specialized training. All pain management sessions at Medical Hypnotherapy Associates are conducted by Dr. Patricia J. Jennings who has both Bachelor and Doctoral degrees in Clinical Hypnotherapy and is Board Certified and Registered with the American Board of Hypnotherapists. Why spend another day in pain? The sooner you start, the sooner you'll feel better.
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