The way human beings feel pain is not automatic. Signals travel through the nervous system, through the spinal cord and into the brain, where they are interpreted as painful. These signals pass through an area at the back of the spinal cord called the "dorsal horn," which serves as a gateway.

Clinical research shows that psychological factors may expand these gates more widely, or can close them partially or even totally. Stress, depression, and anxiety can make pain feel even worse, while a calm, focused, positive outlook can help close the pain gate, keeping the pain signals from being felt!

A Mind-Body Solution to Managing Chronic Pain

Break free of your reliance on pain medications

Thanks to the verifiable results of hypnosis, many doctors and clinicians consider the relaxed focused concentration of hypnosis a viable tool agains chronic pain.

Scientific research has shown that guided hypnosis with those who suffer pain can have significant, measurable benefits. In a study of migraine sufferers who were treated with hypnosis, the treated patients reduced the frequency and duration of their daily headaches, dropping the overall intensity by about 30% (1992).

A 2005 study suggests that hypnosis can actually change the way the brain processes pain signals, reducing the brain activity devoted to feelings of distress even while the pain sensations continue to be received (Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2004). According to Sebastian Schulz-Stubner, MD, Ph.D., an anesthesiologist at the University of Iowa, hypnosis is approximately 65-70 percent effective against pain. Surgical teams now prepare patients for surgery with hypnosis to reduce the needed anesthetic, simplify the procedure, reduce pain, and speed healing (Time, 2006)

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