Medical Support for Hypnotherapy:
_ "I've recommended hypnotherapy to help ease chronic pain, lessen the side effects of chemotherapy, alleviate symptoms of autoimmune disease, and counteract anxiety and sleep disorders. Hypnotherapy can also be used to improve performance skills, as a form of analgesia or sedation for medical and dental procedures--even to stop hemorrhaging in accident victims. In general, I believe that no condition is out of bounds for trying hypnotherapy on."
- Dr. Andrew Weil, M.D., Self Healing: Creating Natural Health for Your Body and Mind
Mayo Clinic - April 2007:
"In some cases, hypnosis works as well or better than pain-relieving medications. Hypnosis has been shown to help relieve severe, acute pain associated with childbirth, burns, surgical procedures or dental pain. It can be especially helpful for people who can't take pain medications or for whom medications aren't effective. Hypnosis can also be a component of therapy for other wide-ranging medical conditions, including reducing anxiety before surgery, symptoms of skin inflammation (dermatitis), and asthma symptoms, as well as to aid in smoking cessation." (Harvard Medical School Study)
Regarding broken ankles...
"Those who were hypnotized healed faster than those who were not. Six weeks after the fracture, those in the hypnosis group showed the equivalent of eight and a half weeks of healing..."
Regarding breast Surgery...
"The result was clear [...] and the women who had undergone hypnosis healed significantly faster than the others... Prof. Ginandes (Harvard Medical School) believes that the study of healing after breast surgery "breaks the ground for studying a broad and exciting range of new adjunctive treatments. Since clinical hypnosis is a noninvasive, non drug treatment, finding that it can speed healing of wounds and other conditions could lead to fewer visits to doctors' offices and faster return to normal activities."
- Dr. Andrew Weil, M.D., Self Healing: Creating Natural Health for Your Body and Mind
Mayo Clinic - April 2007:
"In some cases, hypnosis works as well or better than pain-relieving medications. Hypnosis has been shown to help relieve severe, acute pain associated with childbirth, burns, surgical procedures or dental pain. It can be especially helpful for people who can't take pain medications or for whom medications aren't effective. Hypnosis can also be a component of therapy for other wide-ranging medical conditions, including reducing anxiety before surgery, symptoms of skin inflammation (dermatitis), and asthma symptoms, as well as to aid in smoking cessation." (Harvard Medical School Study)
Regarding broken ankles...
"Those who were hypnotized healed faster than those who were not. Six weeks after the fracture, those in the hypnosis group showed the equivalent of eight and a half weeks of healing..."
Regarding breast Surgery...
"The result was clear [...] and the women who had undergone hypnosis healed significantly faster than the others... Prof. Ginandes (Harvard Medical School) believes that the study of healing after breast surgery "breaks the ground for studying a broad and exciting range of new adjunctive treatments. Since clinical hypnosis is a noninvasive, non drug treatment, finding that it can speed healing of wounds and other conditions could lead to fewer visits to doctors' offices and faster return to normal activities."
