Sacroillitis and Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Permalink Reply by Michael Ellner on September 1, 2010 at 3:54am

Hi Tim,

I agree with Jay -- Pain is Pain and Waking Hypnosis is just fine for teaching your client how to take the UNNECESSARY suffering out of her pain-

FYI - A percentage of people with Sacroillitis and Ankylosing Spondylitis have the physical condition, but do not report any pain.

Use a comfort scale: From 1 to 10 1=the most comfort and 10=the least comfort. Ask her what level of comfort are you experiencing now -- That focuses her attention away from the pain--
Ask her when does she experience the most comfort in her day- What is she doing or not doing? What position is she in? If you can use that position when you work with her or have her imagine that she is in that position when working with her.

Explain that pain is not what what people experience - Pain (Nociception) is the neurological signal - Suffering is the reaction that people's minds and brains have to that signal -- You can help her minimize her reaction to the signal in a way that takes the suffering out of pain....

Tell her the fastest way to do that is to release the emotional charge that is associated with the signal
HINT: I often like to collapse anchors to do that - you can model my approach if you like:
YouTube - The Ellner/Barsky - "Do it yourself -Emotional De-tox"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=422jBmyEJw4

Michael E.

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Chase on September 1, 2010 at 5:17am

Eye closure Tim.

Then focus her ON the pain, take her into it. The problem with pain is that we try and avoid it so the system works harder at telling us there is damage. Take her into the pain and show her how she can decide how it feels - if she visualises change the 'colour' of it.

You will never remove pain if the causing condition is permanent. You can only change the perspective, and in doing so the soft tissue and muscular tension which is making things worse will subside on it's own. Michael hit's the nail pretty much on the head.

The thing I don't get is that even though I have seen you hypnotise without relaxation with my own eyes you still use it... ;-) so do I.

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Atkinson on September 1, 2010 at 5:19am

Tim, contact Scott Sandland here on HypnoThoughts. He specializes in pain techniques.

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Permalink Reply by Kelley Woods on September 1, 2010 at 5:46am

Hello Tim,

I have found Richard Nongard's autogenic process shown in his video to be quite helpful with clients who are experiencing awareness of discomfort. You can use it as an induction, or just teach it on its own.

http://www.hypnothoughts.com/video/autogenic-training-meditation

Best wishes,

Kelley

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Permalink Reply by Tim Box on September 1, 2010 at 10:04am

Hey everyone, that's awesome. Thanks so much for your input.

I won't be seeing her til next week but plenty of food for thought here.

Also glad to hear that my own initial thoughts on the best approach are in line with such wise minds :)

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