Pain

Having come from a background of bodywork, I have seen many clients in pain, not from physiological issues as such, but from destructive thought patterns that have “held” muscles in unhealthy states for far too long. In fact, many of you reading this right now will have sore shoulders, or necks or tender lower or mid backs? Yes? Well I’m guessing that most of them will be due to unhealthy brain patterns, and not bigger issues.

You see, when we hold our bodies in certain ways, we restrict the movement, and over time this will lead to tension and pain. Why do we hold our bodies in such ways that inhibit movement? Well, we do that to protect ourselves, to hold us together, quite literally. We are not aware we are doing it – it’s all happening subconsciously. Cue the brain patterns…

When I was studying for this qualification, we had to complete an insane amount of case studies. One of my PAIN case studies was a friend, we’ll call him Dave. Dave is a father of 2. He and his partner are both self employed, and at the time of these sessions both of his children were causing him a huge amount of anxiety and stress. Dave suffered with a bad back, deeming him bed bound from time to time and in constant pain. Dave was sceptical. He didn’t think that a few sessions of hypnotherapy would help his back. It was a physical complaint, not a neurological one. But the good friend he is, he humoured me and signed up.

Three sessions in, I bumped into Dave and we chatted about how our sessions were going. He was amazed how the sessions had lowered his anxiety, helped him with the kids and even improved his sleep. I noticed he was making more time for himself, he seemed calmer. Not once did he mention his back, so I probed him. “So, how’s your back been Dave?” I said in a curious voice, knowing the answer already. His jaw dropped and he grinned from ear to ear. Needless to say, the constant back pain is a thing of the past and Dave is now a hypnotherapy convert!

“Clare has always told me I hold all of my stress in my back. She’s my massage therapist too. I was a little sceptical but decided to keep an open mind and try a few hypnotherapy sessions with her to help release it. I did all the things Clare asked me to do alongside the sessions which were actually enjoyable and found myself making progress with each session. Clare pointed out a lot of things throughout the sessions that I had not thought of and things really began to make much more sense for me and my understanding increased tremendously. I am happy to say that I have been helped so much by Clare, I’ve had 8 sessions and feel in such a good place that I do not need any more sessions currently. I would not hesitate to return for more sessions in the future. Thank you Clare for persuading me to give it a try. I will always be so grateful to you. You have made a huge difference to my life. TB“

TB no longer suffers the way she did. She is able to disassociate the stresses of work with the tension in her back. She now has firm boundaries in place and works well within them.

“Firstly, in terms of pain relief, I went in open minded, but really unsure as to how a zoom session could aid the chronic pain I have been suffering with for a long time. Having had no experience with hypnotherapy, I was amazed at how instantly at ease Clare made me feel. I was really quite overwhelmed by the way she was able to almost immediately access and get to the heart of resolving these issues. It was a hugely positive experience.

After our session I immediately felt relief in my hip pain, which had reduced to none in my left hip (the one which has recently been most problematic) and now the next day, my hips feel nearly normal. Even better than they did immediately after treatment if that’s possible! The improvement is staggering.

Secondly in terms of Clare’s holistic connection, she absolutely nailed the broader picture and made me see that the chronic and (until recently) multiplying issues I had are very much interlinked. And more importantly that they can be controlled, improved, and possibly even cured.

As someone who days ago scooted round on her bottom picking toys up because my hips hurt so much, today I have been literally bounding up and down the stairs! It’s honestly nothing short of miraculous!” SH

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