Comments on: Hypnosis around surgery saves money, time, and pain

By: Self-hypnosis for hip replacement surgery :: Sophie Nicholls

Self-hypnosis for hip replacement surgery :: Sophie Nicholls — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:20:02 +0000

[...] If you or someone you know is preparing for sugery, please do explore self-hypnosis and working with a well-qualified hypnotherapist. It can make such a difference to your experience. In fact, a colleage of mine in New Zealand, Mike Reeves-Macmillan, has just been writing about some of the excellent research and evidence-based practice in this area. [...]

By: Mike Reeves-McMillan

Mike Reeves-McMillan — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:47:48 +0000

Great to hear, Sophie. One of my clients is a theatre nurse, who decided to come to me because she saw a husband use hypnosis to calm down his very anxious wife just before she gave birth. A relaxed patient has got to be better than a tense one in all kinds of ways.

It’s good for small stuff too, of course. I had a flu jab yesterday. “Relax as much as you can,” said the nurse. Well, I knew how to do that. “You’ll feel a little sting,” she said. “No, I won’t,” I thought – and I was right.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:57:16 +0000

Yes! Today my mother had hip replacement surgery. She used my self-hypnosis audio audio programmes to prepare for the surgery and Seth-Deborah Roth’s intra-operative CD during the surgery (with epidural). I visted her this evening and spoke to her anaesthetist who was amazed at how relaxed she was, how easy it was to adminster the epidural – she didn’t feel a thing – how quickly the surgery could proceed, etc. She used the self-hypnosis audio all the way to the theatre and throughout the op. A wonderful example of how hypnosis can help as she had actually been feeling very anxious about the procedure. She is now using self-hypnosis post-op too to sped up her recovery!