Pain Relief
In Pain? Call the Doctor...and the Hypnotherapist
Pain. We all suffer it at one time or another. Migraine headaches. Back pain. Chronic pain from illness or injury. Birthing pains. Pain from surgery or other medical procedures. Whenever we’re in pain we want relief – fast. So we call the doctor and he prescribes medication. We take it and most of the time it helps. But other times it doesn’t help … enough … or for long enough. And sometimes we just don’t want to take medication.
Is there an alternative? Is there a safe way to get pain relief without medication?
Today, more and more people are asking this question. A two hundred year old technique – hypnosis – is gaining in strength as a modality of choice for pain relief in treatment of a variety of medical conditions from migraine headaches to chronic back pain to cancer symptoms. Hypnosis, in addition to regular medical treatment, has several advantages in pain management. First, it requires no drugs. In fact, studies show that patients with chronic diseases who practice hypnosis (as taught by a hypnotherapist trained in pain management) required fewer analgesics to maintain pain relief. They also suffered less anxiety about their pain and greater comfort during medical procedures. In a study at at Case Western University hypnotherapy was found useful as a pain management tool following such surgical procedures as hysterectomy, coronary by-pass, hemorrhoid surgery and abdominal surgery. The test patients also had shorter hospital stays, less nausea and more rapid healing.
Twelve studies have proven hypnotherapy to be the preferred treatment for reducing migraine headache attacks. With such impressive results, why do we reach for the aspirin bottle instead of the natural, relaxing, healing capacities within our own minds? The answer is obvious. Most of us don’t know how to practice self-hypnosis. Many of us are not aware of its proven successfulness. Still others of us hold outdated, fearful notions that hypnosis involves “mind control” or loss of our own conscious will to another person. That’s unfortunate because hypnosis – or hypnotherapy as it is often termed today to indicate the growing acceptance of its therapeutic value – is a resource that should be explored by all who suffer pain. It provides an ongoing method of pain management that, once established, can be monitored and adjusted by the patient him or herself. It returns a sense of control back to the patient and it has no side effects – except an overall increased relaxation.
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What Colleagues and Clients Are Saying
The service and attention I received at the Orange County Achieve Health Center was unparalleled. I greatly appreciated the professionalism and care that I experienced and would highly recommend the holistic health center to everyone that I know. Thank you to the dedicated staff and especially to Katherine Agranovich for all the care and support.
- Your loyal and satisfied client,
“I came in to see Dr. Agranovich because I was diagnosed with diabetes and I was resentful and depressed. After a few sessions, the turning point for me was when Dr. Agranovich asked me, what was the opposite of illness? I realized it was wellness and from that point on, we began focusing on me being well. I enjoy our sessions because Dr. Agranovich provides me with a different ways to think and approach health. And now, as my body is resolving the imbalance, I know it was never about the diabetes, but about me knowing my wellbeing.”
I began getting night terrors with outbreaks of aggression and sleep walking and I couldn’t find help anywhere. Multiple doctors offered pills, but I didn’t want the side effects. So the problem persisted I began dreading going to sleep every night. I finally did two sessions of hypnosis and Reconnective healing and they transformed everything. Walking out of my second session, I was more relaxed and confident than I had been and for the first time in months I was excited to get some sleep. I was cured of my night terrors, and through hypnosis I discovered that my brain had the ability to overcome this problem itself.”
I am writing to say thank you for helping me with my performing anxiety. As a vocal performance major at UCI, I am expected to be comfortable singing in front of others whether it is in class, in a voice lesson, or in front of an audience. Without your help through hypnotherapy, I would not be pursuing my major. Thank you for giving me back my dream! I look forward to continuing to work with you to improve my concentration and memory.
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