Dôr crónica

 

Como terapia coadjuvante de outras que tenha que fazer, a hipnoterapia pode ajudar a focar a sua mente noutras áreas, diminuindo assim a sensação de dôr (logo, permitindo-lhe reduzir o estado de sofrimento e/ou a quantidade de medicação que tem que fazer) e, através de técnicas de visualização, poderá devolver-lhe algum bem estar, alguma alegria, ajudando a um bem estar geral que por sua vez contribuirá também para lidar melhor com a dôr.

 

O fundamental é a aprendizagem da auto - hipnose (que aprende numa sessão) permitindo-lhe lidar, por si, sem qualquer dependência, com o seu desafio.

 

Existem vários estudos publicados sobre esta matéria - aqui junto apenas o "resumo" (abstract) de dois, mas mais podem ser pesquisados no site que indico também.

 

 

 

Site para pesquisa          The National Center for Biotechnology Information

 

 

 

Hypnotherapy for the management of chronic pain.

Elkins G, Jensen MP, Patterson DR.

Texas A & M University College of Medicine, Scott and White Clinic and Hospital, Temple, Texas, USA. gelkins@swmail.sw.org

 

Abstract

This article reviews controlled prospective trials of hypnosis for the treatment of chronic pain. Thirteen studies, excluding studies of headaches, were identified that compared outcomes from hypnosis for the treatment of chronic pain to either baseline data or a control condition. The findings indicate that hypnosis interventions consistently produce significant decreases in pain associated with a variety of chronic-pain problems. Also, hypnosis was generally found to be more effective than nonhypnotic interventions such as attention, physical therapy, and education. Most of the hypnosis interventions for chronic pain include instructions in self-hypnosis. However, there is a lack of standardization of the hypnotic interventions examined in clinical trials, and the number of patients enrolled in the studies has tended to be low and lacking long-term follow-up. Implications of the findings for future clinical research and applications are discussed.

 

PMID: 17558718 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]PMCID: PMC2752362Free PMC Article

 

 

 

 

Artigo sobre eficácia da hipnoterapia na dor crónica

 

Jensen M, Patterson DR.

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Hypnotic treatment of chronic pain.
J Behav Med. 2006 Feb;29(1):95-124. Epub 2006 Jan 11.
PMID: 16404678 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine , Seattle , Washington 98195-6490 , USA . mjensen@u.washington.edu

This article reviews controlled trials of hypnotic treatment for chronic pain in terms of: (1) analyses comparing the effects of hypnotic treatment to six types of control conditions; (2) component analyses; and (3) predictor analyses. The findings indicate that hypnotic analgesia produces significantly greater decreases in pain relative to no-treatment and to some non-hypnotic interventions such as medication management, physical therapy, and education/advice. However, the effects of self-hypnosis training on chronic pain tend to be similar, on average, to progressive muscle relaxation and autogenic training, both of which often include hypnotic-like suggestions. None of the published studies have compared hypnosis to an equally credible placebo or minimally effective pain treatment, therefore conclusions cannot yet be made about whether hypnotic analgesia treatment is specifically effective over and above its effects on patient expectancy. Component analyses indicate that labeling versus not labeling hypnosis treatment as hypnosis, or including versus not including hand-warming suggestions, have relatively little short-term impact on outcome, although the hypnosis label may have a long-term benefit. Predictor analyses suggest that global hypnotic responsivity and ability to experience vivid images are associated with treatment outcome in hypnosis, progressive relaxation, and autogenic training treatments. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of the findings for future hypnosis research and for the clinical applications of hypnotic analgesia.

PMID: 16404678 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]