It has long been known that the central nervous system “remembers” painful experiences, that they leave a memory trace of pain. And when there is new sensory input, the pain memory trace in the brain magnifies the feeling so that even a gentle touch can be excruciating.
Read more on this Science Daily research here…
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A book called:
Healing Back Pain -The Mind-Body Connection
John E. Sarno, M.D. is by a medical pioneer whose program has helped thousands of patients overcome their back conditions – without drugs or surgery.
You can have a look at his u-tube here…
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Sarno’s book goes through the Manifestations of Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) which the author believes is the major cause of the common syndromes of pain involving the neck, shoulders, back, buttocks and limbs.
There are the twelve key thoughts you are asked to repeat every day that you can modify to your own condition, that I show below…
In his quest for answers, this book gives you Dr. Sarno’s research into the Psychology, the Physiology and Treatment of TMS, as well as outlining the traditional (conventional) Diagnosis and Treatments.
The author notes whilst conventional diagnosis confirms structural and/or physical problems (such an example might be a herniated disc), some people with these same symptoms do not experience pain. Some published medical articles are included in the book that confirm his findings, where studies that had found no statistical differences in structural problems, also suggested that structural abnormalities of the spine do not generally cause back pain.
His findings attributes these pains to oxygen deprivation caused by the brain to cause physical pain to divert attention away from repressed emotion, (generally anger) which the brain doesn’t want to deal with.
Dr Sarno suggests that like the Ivan Pavlov effect, the brain when confronted with issues of repressed anger or frustration, chooses to divert this emotion into pain. Not only does the brain use pain to avoid dealing with the emotion, but it also chooses the same area to manifest further pain when the repressed emotion emerges again. So if it was the straw (emotion) that broke the camel’s back so to speak, the next time emotion builds up, the brain again chooses to manifest the pain in the back.
Dr Sarno adequately describes the physiology of symptoms and easily persuades the reader to readily accept the evidence given, that is contra to the conventional diagnosis usually given for our back problems.
The cure comes from knowledge, acceptance of that knowledge and integrating and accepting this at a subconscious level. The clients are taken through a reminder list of twelve key thoughts that they are asked to review daily in a relaxed quiet state. They are instructed to take their minds away from their pain and instead focus on their current emotions, and to instruct/demand their brain to stop its old tricks. (Sound like self-hypnosis?).
Whilst 95 percent of Dr Sarno’s patients released their pains in a matter of a few weeks through his unconventional therapy alone, some with more severe problems usually required psychotherapy in addition to the educational program. He makes a note of saying it is important to make it clear that people do not do these things to themselves intentionally, and reminds us that our emotional patterns were well established long before we reached the age of responsibility, and that they are now a result of a combination of generic and developmental-environmental factors over which we had no control.
The book also described some experiments, which had shown how the brain had become conditioned, to reproduce a condition from memory, without the initial criteria that had produced it. As the book correctly points out, other scientists have demonstrated equally dramatic connections between mind and body.
How can Hypnotherapy help?
As with all physical problems, there may be reasons this would not work for you. If that is the case, there are many documented researches that show that hypnosis works to reduce/minimise pain. If it is from an earlier emotional problem, hypnosis can release that to remove the symptoms of pain.
*Note – Always remember that pain is telling us that something is wrong. Make sure that you have been medically checked out for any underlying health issues that need treatment.
However also realise that sometimes at the time of an injury due to some accident, the brain switches on an emergency switch that sends down signals of pain, and causes you swelling to protect you so you don’t hurt yourself further. That would normally die down and go away when you heal. But in some cases, the brain doesn’t switch that off and you are left with those symptoms when they are no longer needed. Phantom limb pain is a good example of this.
Here are the 12 sayings –
1. The pain is due to TMS* not to a structural abnormality
2. The direct reason for the pain is mild oxygen deprivation
3. TMS is a harmless condition caused by my repressed emotion
4. The principle emotion is my repressed anger
5. TMS exists only to distract my attention from the emotions
6. Since my back is basically normal there is nothing to fear
7. Therefore physical activity is not dangerous and I must resume all normal physical activity
8. I will not be concerned or intimidated by the pain
9. I will shift my attention from the pain to emotional issues
10. I intend to be in control with my subconscious mind
11. I must think psychologically at all times not physically
12. Pain is real – but it is in my head
A Russian Scientific research has shown that your DNA can be reprogrammed by words and frequencies in a deep relaxed state. That is why hypnotherapy will be able to assist you to make changes easier.
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