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Can Women Really Have Pain Free Labour?

info — Fri, 07 May 2010 13:52:11 +0000

When describing child birth, most mothers don’t use the words comfortable or pleasant. In fact, for some, having a baby can be a traumatic experience with many women going through unimaginable pain.

Screams can often be heard coming from the delivery suite and discussions afterwards about labour, seems to dwell on the negative sides of stitches, the long process to meet their child and emergency deliveries.

But, giving birth doesn’t have to be as dramatic as this and more modern mums are turning to hypnosis during labour as an unconventional way to reduce pain.

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Would you go under the knife with nothing but a hypnotist to numb the pain?

info — Sat, 01 May 2010 13:46:52 +0000

At first glance, the scene unfolding around Philippa Plaisted as she lay on the operating table appeared completely in keeping with the setting. To her left stood the surgeon, masked and gowned, with his scalpel raised in the air in readiness. In front of her was the nurse, ready to swab and clean after the first incision.

And to her right, seated within touching distance, a third figure could be made out. The anaesthetist? The likely answer. But not so in this extraordinary operation.

For Charles Montagu is a hypnotherapist and Philippa his patient. For the next 40 minutes he would sit by her side. Every so often, he would talk to her in his rich, reassuring voice and use his thumb to apply pressure between her eyes

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Using hypnosis to control cancer pain

info — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:18:00 +0000

Women living with breast cancer —and others dealing with pain caused by serious illness—may find a fresh pathway to feeling better, thanks to new research by a social worker at the University at Buffalo.

The path is an alternative—but promising—one: hypnosis.

Combined with group psychotherapy sessions, self-hypnosis in breast cancer patients dealing with pain helped the women control their pain levels much better over time, the research showed.

Their pain increased “significantly less,” in fact.

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Mind Games: Making Olympians Mentally Fit

info — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:00:31 +0000

A month before the Vancouver Olympics, short track speedskater Katherine Reutter was physically ready for the most important competition of her athletic life.

“As long as I’m on that day,” Reutter said of her first-ever race at the Olympics, “there’s no one that can straight-up beat me. They’re going to have to take it away from me.”

Moments later, as Reutter sat rinkside at the 2002 Olympic speedskating oval in Kearns, Utah, her confidence about physical readiness and ability was betrayed by uncertainty.

“But what if I get to the games and it turns out I really should have lifted a bit heavier? Or I should have eaten better? [Or] I should have gotten my start faster?” Reutter said. “What if I did something wrong and I’m not going to know until I get there and it’s going to be too late to fix it?”

Reutter and the other members of the U.S. Olympic speedskating team don’t have to suffer self-doubt alone. They had a “mental coach” to turn to before the Olympics. And University of Utah sports psychologist Nicole Detling Miller is with the skaters in Vancouver as they train and compete.

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Former Cleveland Browns Player Used Hypnosis to Improve Performance

info — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:44:46 +0000

Football was serious business to Monte Clark, the starting right tackle for the Browns in their glory days of the 1960’s. But besides his passion for the game he had depth and sensitivity and he was unfailingly courteous. He and I hit it off right away.

In the Browns jubilant locker room after a big 31-20 playoff victory over the Dallas Cowboys in 1968, Clark motioned me over. I was working the room, getting quotes for my sidebar story in The Plain Dealer.

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Success Story: Quitting smoking was case of mind over matter

info — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:47:06 +0000

Smokers and nonsmokers will usually agree that cigarettes are expensive, stain fingers and make hair smell bad.

More sobering, there are 443,000 tobacco-related deaths in America each year, according to the American Lung Association. This includes almost 50,000 deaths related to secondhand smoke (due to causes such as lung cancer and heart disease) and more than 700 residential fire deaths per year connected to cigarettes.

But kicking the habit can be nearly impossible for some; nicotine is more addictive even than cocaine and heroin, researchers have found.

The good news is, quitting is possible. Prescription medications, over-the-counter nicotine patches and nondrug interventions such as group therapy and hypnosis all have varying rates of success. What’s clear is that the more support you have, the better your chances.

Robin Goldman, 53, from Sun City Center, had tried to quit many times.

Then last September, with her sister in tow, she attended a hospital seminar where she underwent group hypnosis and learned she had the power to quit all along.

Here is her success story.

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Use Hypnotherapy to Reduce Pain and Nausea in Cancer Patients

info — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:37:19 +0000

Cancer is an illness that affects millions of Americans, whether they are currently being treated or in remission. Two of the most common symptoms of cancer and cancer treatments are pain and nausea. Hypnotherapy has been proven to help cancer patients reduce the severity of their cancer symptoms including pain and nausea. It is important that alternative methods are explored in order to help people naturally improve their symptoms.

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Stop Smoking with Hypnotherapy

info — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:51:28 +0000

We have all heard how bad tobacco products are for our health. Smoking is an addiction that is very difficult to quit, but there are proven techniques that help increase your chances of not only quitting smoking, but never smoking a cigarette again. One of the most effective treatments in helping people to finally stop smoking is the alternative method of hypnotherapy.

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More Moms Turning To Hypnobirthing

info — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:12:54 +0000

More women are turning to hypnosis as a tool during childbirth, with the thought that preparing the mind can ease the pain of labor. (WFSB TV Hartford Conn)

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World Hypnotism Day

info — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:52:50 +0000

January 4th is World Hypnosis Day!

If you have ever wondered about hypnosis, what happens, how you feel, how it works, you will be pleased to know that we are offering you some Free Introductory Audio Samples with different topics and different voices, all with the same level of professionalism and experience.

Now you have the opportunity to try just a sample of the type of experience hypnosis can give you. Of course, nothing beats the real benefit you will get from the one-on-one personalized interaction you will have with your chosen hypnotist. But for now, you can test drive the feeling, and notice how easy it is to go into a state of relaxed well-being.

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