Hypnotherapy is widely used with sportsmen and women with long-term injuries, helping them on their road to recovery. A significant period of time out of the game can hamper form and leave people with feelings of anger and fear. These negative forces can prolong the injury if not addressed and hypnosis is one way of helping our client back. Pain is experienced in a variety of ways from excruciating pain to a mild aching.
The state of Hypnosis can instigate the release of endorphins which are naturally occurring pain-blocking substances in humans. Endorphins block pain signals between cells, so when a trance state is created pain can be reduced. The endorphins that are produced by the body during hypnosis are said to be one hundred times more powerful than morphine.
It is common for athletes to lose their ability to heal quickly after enduring multiple injuries. Each injury has a compounding effect, causing their immune system and natural healing processes to slow down. Improper healing of injuries can decrease their ability to compete at their desired level. Healing quicker helps clients compete at a higher level and gives them a competitive advantage.
For example, researchers recruited 12 people with broken ankles (which did not require surgery) who received the usual treatment at a hospital in America. Half of the subjects received hypnosis afterwards - while the other half did not. There were proper control procedures in place, the results were that those who were hypnotized healed faster than those who were not. Six weeks after the break, those in the hypnosis group showed the equivalent of eight and a half weeks of healing. Hypnosis is even being used in some instances to accelerate the healing process after major surgery.
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