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    The modern era of hypnosis and hypnotherapy began with Franz Anton Mesmer, the Viennese physician. Mesmer favored an altogether gentler approach, and his devotion to his patients was quite extraordinary. His breakthrough case was that of Franzl Oesterline, a 27 year old woman suffering from what Mesmer described as a convulsive malady, “the most troublesome symptoms of which was that the blood rushed to her head and there set up the most cruel toothaches and earaches, followed by delirium, rage,

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    Imagine that within the snap of your finger the very tumor in your body, that was once rapidly dividing and taking over your organs is now gone. All because of a “cure”. Well, snap your fingers right back into reality. Although a cure is very much wanted, there is not one. The only “cure” is within ourselves, a simple lifestyle change. According to the Cancer Center, next to heart disease, the largest cause of death today in the United States is cancer. There are many people who suggest a “cure”

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    DOI: 9/26/2015. Patient is a 29-year-old male construction worker who sustained a work-related injury to his neck, back, left shoulder and right knee when he slipped and fell. He is status post left shoulder arthroscopy on 8/05/2016. Per the IME report on 4/28/16 by Dr. Pierce Ferriter, the patient reports that he is actively treating with physical therapy and chiropractic treatment at a frequency of 3 to 4 times per week. The patient’s diagnoses include resolved lumbar strain, resolved cervical

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    CC Follow up hip pain, abdominal pain, rash, insomnia. S The patient is a 74-year-old female who tells me she did see Dr.[____] and she did get a shot into her hip. She states symptoms are "1000 times better". She does tell me he was done ultrasound and thought she might have a [____] tear, which at this point, if this does not work, she will need likely to have a hip replacement, as he did not think this is fixable at her age. The patient states she feels as though her abdominal pain after

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    Uses of Hypnotherapy to treat a medical condition Introduction The purpose of this essay is to describe and explain the uses of hypnotherapy in the treatment of a medical condition. For this essay I have chosen to look at a chronic life limiting illness called Motor Neurone Disease. This is a disease that can affect many different aspects of a person’s life and is very aggressive in its symptoms. I have met quite a few people with this condition whilst working in the Neurophysiology department

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    Hypnotherapy: Can it Stop Cigarette Addiction? “And now, when I snap my fingers, you will never smoke again! ”Could there be something more useful to hypnosis than just magical entertainment? Are there applications for hypnosis in the medical realm? Hypnotherapists now advocate hypnosis as a near panacea, claiming it can help one lose weight, stop smoking, improve memory, improve athletic ability, reduce stress, build self-confidence, overcome phobias, find lost articles, and even manage

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    if the underlying concern is in the past. Numerous times these problems are deeply buried in the brain and require some time and professional help to deal with them. This counseling may, or may not, be included in the treatment plan for anger. Hypnotherapy might be one method that enables repressed incidents to get to the forefront and be taken care of. Realizing there's an anger problem is the most difficult part of all many times. Most individuals believe their issue is brought on by outside elements

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    The patient is an 81-year-old female who was brought to the ER there this morning while trying to make her bed she felt a little bit dizzy. She felt like the room was spinning and she knew she was going to go down. The next day she remembers is that she saw some blood on the right side of her eye she was on the floor she activated her alarm and the EMS actually had to climb thru a window to get her. The patient denies any palpitations prior the episode or any prior episodes of passing out the

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    Then one year later when I went in the hospital for them to see how I was doing Eve said the MS was active (meaning that the medicine is failing). I finally thought I was going to have an easy life with it but I was totally wrong. All the fear, anger, sadness boiled up in me. “Come back in three days and we will need to get you on chemotherapy.” Eve said with her fake smile like always. I started to wonder if that is actually her real smile. I was beginning to like her. Then I went up the day I

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    Hypnotherapy For Emetophobia - Secrets To Finding The Best Emetophobia Treatments Emetophobia is an intense fear of throwing up or vomiting that often starts in childhood. While the psychological disorder can happen at any age, this fear also includes either seeing or witnessing someone else vomit. While this is seen as irrational, the fear can be gripping and negatively affect a person’s quality of life if left untreated. We will explore ways in which clinical hypnotherapy and behavior modification

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