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HYPNOTHERAPY FOR PAIN RELIEF

Would you like relief from chronic pain?

Have you ever cut yourself without realising it?  Was it only when you noticed the cut that it started to feel painful?  Up until that moment, your mind had successfully ignored the pain signals from your body. This is actually something that we are all naturally able to do.  Hypnosis can use this natural ability to give relief from acute and chronic pain.

Neck Pain spacer What is pain?
Pain is your bodies warning mechanism and it lets you know something is wrong and that your attention is needed. It alerts you very quickly to situations that could potentially be very harmful to you, such as touching something hot. It also reminds us when we have an existing injury, to take care and not do anything which may make the injury worse.
It is therefore extremely important not to turn off or reduce the pain without first identifying and treating the underlying cause.  It is essential that you have consulted with your doctor before making an appointment.

 

 

Hypnotherapy can help to control pain by:
  • Relaxation. When you are in pain, your muscles tense and this can make the pain worse. By relaxing the body hypnotherapy can help to reduce the pain.
  • Changing how you sense pain.  When you stub your toe chemical messages are sent from your toe along your nerves to your brain.  Your brain interprets these chemicals and decides what they mean – pain.  By changing this interpretation or blocking the signals you can reduce the amount of pain that you feel.
  • Distraction.  There are many stories of people who despite having serious injuries have managed to save other people or complete sporting events without realising that they were hurt.  In these cases, as well as the adrenaline that was rushing through their bodies, the people involved were so focused on something else that they just didn’t notice their own pain.  By using distraction hypnotherapy can encourage you to focus on other things and stop you from noticing the pain you may be dealing with. 

What types of pain can hypnotherapy help with?

There are many examples including:

  • Arthritis joint pain
  • Back pain
  • Dentistry
  • Childbirth
  • Injuries
  • Degenerative illnesses and complaints
  • Medical & minor surgical procedures

 

 

 

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