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Medical Uses for Hypnosis

           

It should go without saying that any tool that alleviates stress should have a place in the treatment of medical ailments, but often this simple link is overlooked both by those in the health professions and the patients or clients themselves. The fact is that stress causes many of the illnesses we struggle with in the first place, it definitely contributes to the worsening of conditions, and it is also a by-product, if you will, of being ill. Besides addressing this basic and very important component of illness and disease, hypnosis has many other more direct applications in helping people return to health through the use of visualization, regression to the cause of the condition, learning to actually control body processes, and other techniques.

Hypnosis has been found to be a powerful adjunct in the following conditions:

Migraine and other headaches

Chronic pain

Cancer

Cardiovascular conditions including high blood pressure

Respiratory conditions such as asthma

Intestinal conditions such as IBS and ulcers

Hemophilia

Pre- and post-surgery healing

Childbirth

Raynaud’s disease

Warts and other skin conditions

Diabetes

Fibromyalgia

Sexual problems

Of course, it would take a much larger space to include a full list, but I think you can begin to see the broad scope of application for this wonderful modality. Often, when conventional treatment alone is not having the desired result, harnessing the patient’s own internal resources through the use of hypnosis will bring about the desired breakthrough. Healing is best accomplished by addressing the whole being: body, mind and spirit. Hypnosis is a direct link to accessing these other dimensions of self and should be considered in any case where there seems to be a lack of responsiveness to the standard approach.