subject: How hypnosis can help when it comes to treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome [print this page] How hypnosis can help when it comes to treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a very common condition and one that affects up to one in five Americans at different stages in their lives. The effects of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) typically vary between sufferers but some of the more common symptoms include strong or sever pains in the abdominal area, inability to avoid passing wind and less control over bowel movements. IBS typically affects women more than it does men and can often affect people's daily lives. The main problem with IBS is that many doctor's still struggle to provide the remedies necessary to control it and even cure it more and more people have now begun to look towards alternative treatments and this article will go into more depth on some of these treatments and in particular, on how they work.
One of the most popular non-conventional methods for treating IBS is hypnosis. In some cases people who have used hypnosis as a remedy to suffering from IBS have reported as much as an 80% success rate in addressing or attending to some of the most common pains and symptoms. One of the main causes of Irritable Bowel Syndrome is stress hypnosis can help a sufferer relieve the stress that is involved in suffering from IBS and helps them to reduce what many people believe to be one of the main causes of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Many people generally get the wrong impression when they consider hypnosis as a form of therapy, Hypnosis as it applies to IBS is not what would be termed a "stage treatment" where the purpose of the session is anything but therapeutic. The main purpose of self hypnosis or hypnotherapy for IBS is to create a relaxed mind and utilise the power of the subconscious to help the sufferer recover. Hypnotherapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome takes a more therapeutic form and any form of hypnosis should be carried out by a trained professional.
