Tooley Hypnosis Weight Clinic - Medical Studies of Hypnosis Benefits

A review study of over a hundred clinical studies of hypnosis for medical procedures documents that hypnosis is beneficial for allergy, anesthesia for pain, anesthesia for surgery, warts, dermatitis, irritable bowel syndrome, peptic ulcers, abdominal surgery, healing from injury or surgery, hemophilia, hypertension, headaches, childbirth, asthma, smoking cessation, fibromyalgia, impotence, and urinary incontinence. “Many important trials reviewed here have helped to establish the role of hypnosis in contemporary medicine. These trials have established the utility and efficacy of hypnosis for several medical conditions, either alone or as part of the treatment regimen,” writes Stewart, JH, Department of Internal Medicine and Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2005;80:511-524 (PDF article)

See the bibliography of the above Mayo Clinic study for information on over 140 medical studies utilizing hypnosis. (pp.11-14 of PDF article)

Medical hypnosis summary. Medical Hypnosis: An Underutilized Treatment Approach.

Five case histories demonstrate the dramatic and sometimes unexpected beneficial outcomes of medical hypnosis. “Hypnosis is suitable for patients with the following medical conditions: chronic headache, chronic back pain, psychogenic weakness or paralysis, chronic constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, panic attacks and phobias,” writes Alman, B. (Kaiser) Permanente Journal, Fall 2001/Vol. 5, No. 4. (PJ online article)

Hypnosis beneficial for breast surgeries. A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Brief Hypnosis Intervention to Control Side Effects in Breast Surgery Patients,

In a randomized study of 200 women undergoing surgery for breast cancer, those who received a brief hypnosis session before entering the operating room required less anesthesia and pain medication during surgery, and reported less pain, nausea, fatigue, and discomfort after surgery than women who did not receive hypnosis. The overall cost of surgery was also significantly less for women undergoing hypnosis. Montgomery GH, Bovbjerg DH, Schnur JB, David D, Goldfarb A, Weltz CR, Schechter C, Graff-Zivin J, Tatrow K, Price DD, Silverstein JH. Department of Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine , NY . Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2007 Sep ;99(17):1304-12. (NCI online article)

Mind/body suggestions control blood flow during surgery. Preoperative Instruction for Decreased Bleeding During Spine Surgery.

Preoperative guided imagery improves cardiac surgery outcomes. Effect of guided imagery on length of stay, pain and anxiety in cardiac surgery patients.

Hypnosis and IBS. The Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Hypnotherapy.

Hypnosis and fibromyalgia. Controlled Trial of Hypnotherapy in the Treatment of Refractory Fibromyalgia.

Hypnosis as general anesthesia. Hypnosis with Conscious Sedation Instead of General Anesthesia? Applications in Cervical Endocrine Surgery.

197 thyroidectomies and 21 cervical explorations for hyperparathyroidism were performed under hypno-sedation and compared to a closely matched population of patients operated on under general anesthesia. All patients having hypno-sedation reported a very pleasant experience, had significantly less postoperative pain, significantly reduced analgesic use, significantly shorter hospital stay, providing a substantial reduction of the medical care costs. Their postoperative convalescence was significantly improved, and full return to social or professional activity was significantly shortened. Meurisse M, Defechereux T, Hamoir E, Maweja S, Marchettini P, Gollogly L, Degauque C, Joris J, Faymonville ME. Dept. Surgery, University of Liege, Belgium, Acta Chir Belg. 1999 Aug;99(4):151-8. (NIH online abstract)

Preoperative suggestions improve abdominal surgery outcomes. Effect Of Preoperative Suggestion On Postoperative Gastrointestinal Motility.

”Pain control techniques using hypnosis are simple, effective, easy to learn and applicable to most cancer patients in pain.” -- Dr. Bernie Siegel, MD, Stanford Cancer Center

“We believe that a second degree burn can often be kept from going third degree if hypnosis is used soon after the injury.”-- Dr. Dabney Ewin, MD, Tulane University School of Medicine

“Doctors at Mount Sinai School of Medicine (NY) found that patients having breast cancer surgery who used hypnosis required less anesthesia, exited surgery quicker, and had less pain, nausea and fatigue afterward.”-- Journal of the National Cancer Institute

“Hypnosis takes the edge off and makes patients feel better. With some, it’s dramatic. It works so well they don’t need pain medicine at all … Hypnosis is an astonishingly powerful pain reliever… that seems to be useful for virtually every clinical pain problem imaginable.” -- Dr. David Patterson, MD, University of Washington , Harbor View Burn Center

"Add hypnotherapy to the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) list of approved therapeutic techniques for the treatment of conditions ranging from allergies and high blood pressure to the pain associated with bone marrow transplantation, cancer treatment and anesthesia for liver biopsy." Dr. David Spiegel, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (see UK article)

Hypnosis is also effective for excelling in sports, studies, sales, business, and creativity. It is famous as the best solution for smoking cessation and weight release.

Medical Studies on the Benefits of Hypnosis

Hypnosis and IBS. The Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Hypnotherapy.

Hypnosis as general anesthesia. Hypnosis with Conscious Sedation Instead of General Anesthesia? Applications in Cervical Endocrine Surgery.