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    If used correctly, hypnosis can be effective for relief of pain and so provide the sufferer with a much better quality of life. Many people notice a significant decrease in disability and discomfort following an hypnotic intervention. The more specific the detail you can provide the more personalised your session should be.

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    If used correctly, hypnosis can be effective for relief of pain and so provide the sufferer with a much better quality of life. Many people notice a significant decrease in disability and discomfort following an hypnotic intervention. The more specific the detail you can provide the more personalised your session should be.

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    IF you are one of the hundreds of thousands who suffer from chronic low back pain maybe hypnosis

    might be an option to consider as a remedy. The aim of the hypnosis session is to help you to train your mind to control discomfort and to perceive it or think about it differently. In this article, Niamh Flynn of Bodywatch, shows that if used correctly, hypnosis can be effective for relief of pain and so provide the sufferer with a much better quality of life.
    interventions such as physical therapy, education and attention (Elkins, Jensen, Patterson 2007). The number of hypnosis sessions required to experience a decrease in pain intensity and a decrease in disability will depend on the individual but many people notice an improvement even after their first hypnosis session. If you are attending a hypnotist it is important to be very clear about how low back pain affects you on a daily basis. If you are highly organised and have masses of motivation it can be useful to keep a diary which records your level of pain intensity on a daily basis and any extra-ordinary stresses which occur which could have exacerbated the pain. This is all useful information for a hypnotist. The more specific the detail you can provide the more personalised and useful your session should be. In essence, the aim of an hypnosis session is to help you to train your mind to control discomfort and to perceive it or think about it differently. When thoughts change behavioural change will follow. This will help to explain how many patients notice a significant decrease in disability and discomfort following an hypnotic intervention. If you are considering hypnosis for the treatment of chronic lower back pain it is important that your hypnosis session will include suggestions which focus on useful objectives for you as an individual. These objectives may include the ability to work longer hours, an increase in confidence or the ability to resume tasks which were compromised since the onset of chronic low back pain. Analgesic suggestions to decrease or eliminate pain are also a standard part of any hypnosis session for chronic pain. If you are a sufferer of low back pain hope is clearly on the horizon with both academic research and anecdotal evidence supporting the fact that hypnosis can significantly improve a patients mood and their quality of life. Used correctly, hypnosis can reduce or eliminate low back pain, increase confidence and improve ones ability to

    Hypnosis and Chronic Low Back Pain


    participate in more activities. Given that there are no adverse side effects with hypnosis and the fact that it requires little effort on the patients behalf hypnosis may well become a more popular choice in the treatment of chronic low back pain in the future.

    Feature with Niamh Flynn

    hronic Pain is a major problem. It is also a wide-spread problem. Disability, depression and an inability to work are just a few of the side effects: effects which will be familiar to the 35% of adults (Raftery et al., 2010) who currently experience chronic pain in the Republic of Ireland. This recent study conducted at the National Niamh FlynnUniversity of Ireland, Galway also found that psychological factors may influence the level of pain-related disability. Food for thought when it comes to treating the condition. Another interesting study conducted six years ago examined the economic impact of chronic pain in Ireland. The researchers found that the cost to the department of Social and Family affairs per annum for Low Back Pain alone was in the region of 348 million with a further 10.5 million being spent on insurance payments (Fullen et al, 2006). Given the financial burden which low back pain has on society and the increasing acceptance that psychological factors contribute to pain-related disability, coping strategies for individuals with low back pain may well ease the economic burden as well as the mental burden for many

    patients and society at large. In recent times the physiological symptoms have been well addressed with the advent of many painrelieving medications. We now know that it is also possible to predict how well a patient will cope with low back pain by examining a variety of behavioural and cognitive factors such as diversion of attention and a positive belief system. Consequently, there is an increasing acceptance of the social, emotional, cognitive and behavioural factors which influence the experience, development and maintenance of pain. Thus, it is no surprise that a purely physiological model of pain has now been replaced by a biopsychosocial model. This means that a wider number of interventions, including psychological interventions can be useful in restoring a quality of life and may lead to a decrease in disability for chronic pain patients. Hypnosis is one psychological treatment which has proven to be an effective intervention for many individuals with a variety of chronic pain problems and has been shown to be more effective than some of the more commonly recognised

    Contact: Niamh Flynn MBA MMEDSCI BA CI DHP Tel: (091) 720145

    Intensive Course June/July Galway 2012

    Page 32 Mature Living May 2012

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