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Improving in Sports with Hypnosis Do you want to improve your golf game? Play better tennis? Increase your motivation, focus and muscle control? Hypnosis can provide a very powerful, yet safe and natural way to reach your maximum athletic potential. Hypnotic techniques, including guided imagery, process imagery, result imagery and relaxation have been used for several decades throughout the world to enhance athletic performance. For centuries the martial arts have emphasized the importance of the mind in physical performance and it is believed that the ordinary athlete realizes less than half of his potential unless the powers of the mind are utilized. The increasing use of hypnosis in Sports Performance is a direct result of electrophysiology studies in which electromylography (EMG) studies of muscle activity have shown that the muscle and electrical brain activity during visualization of a function are similar to that which occurs during the actual physical performance of the function. Additional studies have shown that actual neural growth occurs in the form of new neural fibers in response to the visualization. Thus, visualization is an optimal method of "training" both the mind and muscles to maximum potential. The unconscious mind controls all activity of the body and hypnosis facilitates direct access to the unconscious. Thus, using visualization techniques under hypnosis provides much stronger and observable results than visualization alone.
In 1968, the Swiss began using imagery in coaching their Olympic ski squad and went on to win 3 medals in 1968 and more in 1972. Imagery is a proven and recognized enhancement technique used worldwide and is significantly more potent when administered under hypnosis. Hypnosis and Imagery There are two ways in which imagery under hypnosis works to enhance performance. The first is through "training" the mind and muscles to perform as you wish. The unconscious mind is a giant computer that directs all bodily behavior and automatically accepts any image it receives as real and true. It lacks the ability to distinguish between fact and fiction. Therefore, once it "sees" the image of perfect performance it immediately sends electrical and chemical messages throughout the body, directing it to comply with what it perceives as real and true. Studies have shown actual duplication of muscle and nerve activity during imagery and even new neural growth as a result of imaging. This reinforces the learning and improves performance automatically. It is not all in your mind ... actual physical changes occur as a result of hypnotic imagery. The second benefit of imaging under hypnosis is the ability to be both relaxed and productive simultaneously. Numerous studies of top athletes recognize that their ability to perform with both passion and emotion, while in a relaxed state, has a direct impact on their ability to perform so remarkably. Performance is inhibited by stress and hypnosis teaches one to remove the blocks that inhibit peak performance. It has been said that "the key to natural learning is to quiet the mind so that awareness is increased" and regular use of vivid imagery, particularly under hypnosis, provides the mental practice, neural growth, and reinforcement so necessary for peak performance. Hypnosis Therapy for Sport Enhancement To assist in enhanced sports performance, Medical Hypnotherapy Associates uses both Hetero-hypnosis and self-hypnosis so that the athlete can regularly reinforce himself. Why wait any longer? Discover your full athletic potential and begin to realize it today!
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