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Hyp­no­therapy is routinely used for pain man­agement in several discrete areas. In this article we look at these in detail.

1. The sub­sti­tution of a painful sen­sation by a slightly less painful sen­sation can enable a patient to much more easily tolerate a per­sistent painful feeling. So, under self hypnosis, an example could be as follows: the feeling I have of a stabbing pain might sur­prisingly become dulled, not quite so sharp, as if the knife causing the pain is slowly become blunted and dulled, I can still feel the sen­sation but it no longer bothers me, and this feeling can last for as long as I need it to last.

2. Anaes­thesia can be created, under hypnosis by a qualified Hyp­no­therapist, by the sug­gestion that the per­ception of pain is slowly but surely dis­ap­pearing as the area that has the pain becomes numb. Or it may be a little easier for the patient to notice a growing feeling of comfort rather than one of dimin­ishing pain. They simply feel the area of pain being replaced by a warm comfort spreading and slowly growing through the affected area.

3. The next technique is to displace the pain to another part of the body, or even to outside the body. This can allow the patient to experience the symptoms in a less vul­nerable and less painful area. So under hypnosis the patient could be encouraged to move their stomach pain maybe into their thumb where there is less psy­cho­logical impact, or to an area outside the body maybe a couple of feet away sus­pended in mid-​​air.

4. Dis­as­so­ciation is also an excellent technique for pain man­agement. This is par­tic­ularly useful when the patient does not need to be mobile, for instance at the dentist. A patient under hypnosis can be shown how to experience them­selves in another time or place such as in a vivid daydream. you may experience floating gently outside your body, maybe moving quietly over to the window to see what the outside world is doing Or maybe the patient can be guided to float outside the room and the building alto­gether and experience trav­elling to any part of the world they may enjoy. This could be a walk on a warm and Sunny tropical beach, or maybe a trip through the snow covered mountains.

These tech­niques have proven to be very powerful at over­coming pain in chronic and acute pain sufferers.

Eth­ically it is important that a non-​​medically trained hyp­no­therapist should be familiar with medical eval­uation and treatment altern­atives. Pain patients must always ensure they have had a thorough physical exam­ination by a trained doctor before seeking aid and assistance from hypnotherapy.

This article was ori­ginally pub­lished on www.HypnotherapyClinic.info by Con­sultant Clinical Hyp­no­therapist & Pys­cho­therapist Noel Bradford –

As a pro­fes­sional therapist Noel help people with everything that you would expect including giving up smoking, con­trolling their weight, dealing with fears and phobias. However his services go far beyond this and encompass things that affect everyone at some time in their life, such as depression, anxiety, panic attacks, stress, and low self esteem.

He  also has detailed spe­cialist training in several areas including but not limitted to Irrittable Bowel Syndrome and Pyscho­sexual matters that affect men such as Errectile Dys­function and Pre­mature Ejac­u­lation as well as those affecting women such as Hyper Desire Disorder, Vaginisums, and Dys­pareunia.

Ori­ginally posted 2010-​​03-​​10 18:16:44.