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[H978]How To Control Pain

by Alan B. Densky, Ala

However, the saying that "Pain is all in your head" can, often, be true. If that is so, then the cure is all in your head, also. With self hypnosis, pain can vanish. Despite what you may think, hypnosis is simply a mental state during which messages can connect with the unconscious mind more easily. The state of hypnosis is characterized by deep relaxation. In fact, with regular practice of a self hypnosis pain elimination regimen, you will find yourself much more calm over all.

Pain is a signal that something in your body is amiss. So pain is actually a good thing. But once you have your doctor check you out to ensure that the pain is not indicating a dangerous condition such as a tumor, it's time to manage or even eliminate the pain.

There is no risk in a hypnotherapy pain relief program. You cannot "get stuck" in a state of hypnosis. The worst that would ever happen when you use self hypnosis for pain reduction is that you could fall into a natural sleep state for 20 or 30 minutes- think of all of the nights that discomfort has prevented you from sleeping!

This is not to say that a hypnotherapy pain management system is similar to sleep, because that is the major misconception about hypnosis. When you are asleep, you're unconscious. If you are not conscious, then you cannot hear anything. If you cannot hear anything, then a hypnotherapist cannot assist you. Hypnosis is actually a state of keen awareness.

Despite being consciously aware of everything, hypnotherapy pain management programs can address both physical and mental causes and introduce many successful avenues to do away with pain. Medications simply block the reception of the physical feeling of pain on a temporary basis, but hypnotherapy pain regimens can actually reduce the amount and strength of pain signals that you perceive. You can literally reprogram your body to distribute less pain-inducing chemicals to your receptors. This means that you can use fewer pain-killing drugs, or in many cases no drugs at all.

Endorphins are opiate-like compounds that are manufactured in the brain. They are the chemicals that cause athletes to get a high when they workout very hard. Using self hypnosis, you can also discover how to program your brain to create pain-relieving endorphins on demand and then distribute them to the painful body part where they are needed.

Because of endorphins, the brain is capable of inducing analgesia, which is a mild anesthesia, as well as complete anesthesia (numbness). Medical journals are full of reports both in pre-anesthesia days, as well as in modern times, when major surgery has been completed under hypnoanesthesia.

Hypnosis can also be used to program the mind to direct your attention away from pain, which will make you perceive much less discomfort. Further, hypnotherapy pain management recordings can help our mind realize and understand that the pain is there, but not to let us experience it. A qualified hypnosis pain relief professional will be familiar with how to fully address additional hypnotic suggestions that will lead to your recovery.

A very effective hypnosis pain remedy comes from Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP. No doubt that after living with chronic pain, you may be doubtful that a pain program will work. In a lot of cases, NLP techniques actually work far better for modern thinkers than traditional hypnosis does because it was developed for people like you who are taught to analyze and question everything. When we analyze, we tend to construct barriers to the acceptance of post-hypnotic suggestions.

always make us perceive far more pain than we are actually experiencing. One of the most powerful NLP patterns for eliminating stress is known as the "Flash." This tool reprograms the unconscious to use mental images that create stress to actually trigger thoughts that cause feelings of relaxation in their place. After you have tried this practice, it will be difficult or impossible to think the thoughts that upset you, because your mind will instantly and automatically exchange them in a Flash for thoughts that relax you instead.

go hand in hand. If you are tired of coping with prescriptions that leave you incapable of driving or to fully experience life, or worse, of living with the shooting, stabbing or throbbing pulsations of discomfort, a hypnosis pain elimination program can offer safe, natural and instantaneous relief.

Today an alloy containing iron, boron and neodymium is very light and practical to use on various parts of the body. This magnet is called the neodymium magnet. Although small, it is very powerful. A neodymium magnet of 8000 gauss weighs 20 gm while a comparable older alnico magnet weighs 90 Kg.

Is there evidence that magnetic bracelets or other magnetic devices reduce pain of arthritis? Unfortunately there are no large controlled trials and no conclusive evidence to suggest that magnets are beneficial. A trial was published in the British Medical Journal in 2004 to determine whether magnetic bracelets will control pain in osteoarthritis of the knee and hip. The conclusion was that pain decreased in the group wearing magnets but the investigators were uncertain if it was a placebo effect.

The reality is that more patients with arthritis are wearing magnetic bracelets and sales of magnetic products are increasing globally. It is uncertain whether this is due to aggressive marketing to a vulnerable group or that patients are actually gaining benefits. Either way using a magnet is safe and harmless. If it is ineffective you can always take the bracelet off. There are some arthritis sufferers who refuse to take their magnets off while there are others who have found no benefit.

According to proponents, magnets work by increasing the oxygen carrying capacity of blood and this produces faster healing of injuries and pain relief. This theory has been used regularly in horse racing where injured horses are fitted with magnets to get them back on the track in a short time.

Conventional medicine dispenses with the idea that magnets can be of any benefit in arthritis. There is, however, anecdotal evidence of amazing improvement from sufferers after wearing a magnet. Of significance, is the improvement in arthritic pets after wearing magnetic collars. Here we can safely rule out the placebo effect.

Dr. Lawson, a GP in UK found that there was improvement in the comfort and quality of his patients' lives after wearing magnetic bracelets but the placebo effect cannot be ruled out. In New York Medical College, Dr. Michael Weintraub tried magnetic insoles and found pain relief in feet of diabetics with peripheral neuropathy. Dr. Lloyd Siberski, a Yale University pain expert said, "Deep down inside I believe magnets work." Carole Barsky in the daily News, June 1999 reported improvement of her severe arthritis of the spine by using magnets.

So is there a role for magnets in the control of pain in arthritis? If conventional medicine was safe and very effective, then this question would be irrelevant. Drugs used to treat arthritis have problems and some have potentially serious side effects.

Magnets are safe. Apart from patients with pacemakers, anyone can use them. If you shop around you will find a manufacturer that gives you a 90 days money back guarantee. You can buy it, try it out and if it is ineffective send it back and recover your money. If it is effective, then you may be able to reduce your analgesics or even discontinue all together. The neodymium magnet retain its magnetic properties for 100 years. Who knows you could have a friend for life.

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