Pain Management


Hypno anesthesia and analgesia

The alteration of pain perception in addition to reduced suffering in individuals of sufficient hypnotic ability results in the subject's response to specific suggestions for both anesthesia and analgesia.

Moreover, pain relief suggestions appear to be superior to strategies that emphasise only pleasant imagery or imaginative skills. (Piccione, 1980)

Direct hypnotic suggestions to reduce pain are safe and appropriate. Hypnosis has been used for a wide range of pain conditions, covering both the acute-chronic and the organic-functional spectrums.




Pain Relief

Surgery - The way hypnosis is commonly used in anesthesia is to reduce anxiety and fear prior to surgery, to decrease the amount of chemo-anesthesia required during surgery and to reduce the intensity and duration of post-operative pain.

Burns - The most compelling use of hypnosis in the treatment of burns has been to control the pain inevitably produced by the redressing and debridement of the wounds. A surprisingly high proportion of burn patients (80-90%) who use hypnosis achieve substantial relief from pain. (Margolis & De Clement 1980)

Obstetrics - Potentially harmful effects of analgesic and anaesthetic drugs on the unborn child have motivated the interest in the use of hypnosis in obstetrics. Hypnosis is typically used to reduce anxiety and control the pain and discomfort associated with labour and delivery as well as postnatal episiotomy pain.

Cancer - Many cancer patients have pain and the pharmacological treatments either are not always effective, or create serious secondary complications for the patient's functioning. There are clear advantages to the patient achieving a degree of psychological control over the persistent debilitating pain resulting from the disease. But the benefits go far beyond the management of pain. The use of hypnosis can increase the patient's sense of control over the disease, can help the patient achieve increased interpersonal satisfaction and can allow the patient to deny the disease and thereby remain comfortable and more sanguine about the future. The application of hypnosis to the cancer patient with persistent pain goes well beyond mere pain control, dealing also with the psychological and emotional significance of the disease and pain to the person.




Integrated Program

It is essential to be certain the patient has no physical or psychological problems that would make the application of medical hypnosis inappropriate.

Suffice it to say that the pain condition should be medically evaluated before the hypnotherapeutic intervention is applied.

We share the belief that Medical Hypnosis should be delivered by licensed and trained health care professionals, capable to interact enough with the patient to be certain that emotional disturbances and psychotic problems have been excluded.

Thus, multidimensional diagnostic studies and a family physician's referral are usually necessary when addressing pain.

In order for the Pain Relief Integrated Program to be successful - therefore to assist in the elimination of pain, to promote an efficient analgesia and to encourage permanent pain control - 4 to 6 Hypnosis Sessions, combined with a Homeopathic regimen to consolidate pain relief, are customarily required.



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