Hypnotherapy for IBS Treatment – Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Treatment with hypnotherapy for IBS or Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a recognised procedure that has been found to be effective in the relief of its symptoms.
What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a condition that stops your bowels working properly. The symptoms of IBS can be abdominal pain, cramps, bloating, constipation or diarrhoea. It affects about 1 in 7 people, most of them women. Doctors do not know what goes wrong when someone suffers from IBS but the believe that the muscles that move digested food thorough ones intestine malfunction; either moving too quickly, too slowly, going into spasm or just fail to work in a coordinated way1.
Receiving Hypnotherapy for IBS is a Recognised Treatment
Treatment with hypnotherapy for IBS has been known about for some time. Hypnotherapy is recognised as a treatment that can be effective for the relief of IBS. Hypnosis has been investigated in many scientific research studies2 and publications like The Lancet, the world's leading independent general medical journal, have stated in articles on IBS treatment that “hypnosis could provide long-lasting benefit”3 and “hypnotherapy seems to be an effective long-term treatment for irritable bowel syndrome”4. Best Treatments, produced by a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association, highlight hypnotherapy for IBS and state that ones doctor might recommend hypnotherapy for IBS treatment5.
Hypnotherapy for IBS – the Alternative View
Medical science may not understand what goes wrong when a person suffers from IBS but the alternative view is that the sufferer may be:
- Inappropriately holding or driving emotion inwards (we often talk about having a “gut reaction”)
- Using the condition subconsciously to derive a benefit (one of my clients discovered she was using it subconsciously to prevent her going to places where “she might be in danger”)
Hypnotherapy is used to redirect any internalised emotion, understand any subconscious benefit and to reduce pain and discomfort.
Book Hypnotherapy for IBS Now!
If you are suffering from irritable bowel syndrome, you may find hypnotherapy is the tool you need to find relief for your IBS. Visit Stephen Rigby in his Guildford or Woking, Surrey practice to experience powerful hypnosis and NLP techniques that can improve your emotional and physical wellbeing.
Book an appointment (free half hour introduction* or full paying session) now! For priority treatment ring Stephen Rigby now on 01483 566115 or use the online booking form.
*free half hour introductions are available only at Stephen Rigby’s main Guildford practice.
References
- Best Treatments, produced by a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association. What is irritable bowel syndrome? >
- Overview of Published Research To Date on Hypnosis for IBS > http://www.ibshypnosis.com/IBSresearch.html
- Nicholas J Tally and Robin Spiller. Irritable bowel syndrome: a little understood organic bowel disease? The Lancet 2002; 360:555-564
- News in Brief. Hypnotherapy Success in IBS: The Lancet 2003; 362:1387
- Best Treatments, produced by a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS, Irritable colon, Spastic colon): Hypnotherapy >
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