Medicine-Naturals :: Hypnosis – Does it help or hurt your recovery ? ::
Hypnosis is a deep state of mind
that brings about intense concentration and relaxation. This form of natural healing has a long
history of use; with there even being evidence to suggest that ancient
societies used forms of hypnosis in religious rituals. Hypnosis continues to be used today by
psychologists, psychiatrists and by certified hypnosis therapists.
Hypnosis is most often related to
entertaining stage shows where an audience participant is hypnotized and then
does crazy things, like pretending to be a chicken. Hypnosis is also thought of by some as a tool
to use to aid with the cessation of smoking.
Hypnosis can be much more than a form of entertainment of a tool of
self-help. Hypnosis can also be used to
aid in the recovery of illnesses and injuries.
As with the medical field, there
are many different forms of hypnosis. In
one form of hypnosis, guided imagery is used.
With this form, hypnotist guides the person into a relaxed state. This
relaxed state is usually accomplished by helping the person visualize his
stress and release it.
Hypnotism can also be done
through the use of direct suggestion.
Through direct suggestion, the hypnotist puts the patient into a trance
and repeatedly tells him to feel a certain way.
Since the patient is more receptive to suggestion while in this
trancelike state, he is easily convinced by direct suggestion.
Hypnosis has been shown to aid
individuals with pain relief. In fact,
clinical studies have shown it to help relieve pain in patients suffering from
cancer, burns and leukemia. It has also
been shown to reduce pain in women undergoing childbirth and in dental patients
undergoing dental procedures.
Hypnosis has been shown to be an
excellent alternative to individuals who do not wish to use highly addictive
pain relievers, such as morphine, to relieve chronic pain. In fact, hypnosis has been used by some
patients as the only analgesic while undergoing cardiac, abdominal,
genitourinary, and breast surgery.
Amazingly, those who use hypnosis rather than medicine for pain relief
found their relief to be far superior.
Not only have thousands of women
used hypnotism to reduce pain during childbirth, many cancer patients also
claim that hypnotism reduces pain while undergoing chemotherapy. In addition, many cancer patients believe
hypnotism helped them recover from the disease.
Hypnotism has had such amazing
results that major hospitals are even beginning to use hypnotism to help patients
relieve pain and recover from illness more quickly. In fact, the University of North
Carolina uses hypnotism to help patients control
irritable bowel syndrome.
The University of Washington ’s
Regional Burn Center uses hypnosis to help patients
cope with pain. At this center, patients
must undergo painful sterilization treatments, during which they have to remain
awake. Narcotics are largely ineffective
in reducing the pain, but hypnosis has helped reduce the pain for patients as
they receive the treatment. In addition,
a Northwestern University found that stroke victims are
better able to retain function of limbs through hypnosis.
Several hospitals associated with
Harvard Medical School
are also using hypnosis to speed up recovery time after surgery. One Harvard study even showed that hypnosis
sped up the healing time of bone fractures by many weeks. Hypnosis has become such an accepted form of
medical treatment that many insurance companies will pay for hypnosis when it
is used as a part of medical program.
Much research has been performed
in the effects of hypnosis in recovery.
One study was published several years ago that found that hypnotism
before surgery helped patients require less pain medication. These patients also experienced fewer
complications and were able to leave the hospital quicker than patients who did
not receive hypnosis. Additional
research has show that hypnotism actually alters brain functioning and
activates specific regions of the brain that control the ability to focus and
to pay attention.
Even those who support the use of
hypnotism believe that it doesn’t work for everyone and that some people are
more easily hypnotized than others.
Hypnotism has also drawn skepticism from onlookers who believe it does
not truly put people in a trance.
Instead, skeptics believe hypnotism only works because the patient
believes it works. Whatever the cause,
hypnotism has successfully helped people for hundreds of years.
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