Hypnosis & Phantom Pain

[RENARDWC at ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu]

One fine day Wayne R mentioned:

WR> Several years ago AMP-L had Wendi Friesen as a subscriber. Her
    interest was in the use of hypnosis to alleviate phantom pain. She
    vanished when we moved to University of Washington but happy to put
    you in touch as I have her address. Drop me a note privately and I
    will send it to you if there is interest in following up.

And Wendi Friesen replies:

WF> I saw the Smithsonian article and it certainly confirmed what I had
    experienced. THis is a fascinating area of work, and a revealing
    piece of information into how the mind works. Because of my
    knowledge of hypnosis and phantom pain, I now approach chronic pain
    in a new way.

    When someone has had an accident and has chronic pain as a result,
    like pain in an arm or a leg, but did NOT lose the limb, and they
    still have pain, is the pain really in their limb? Or is it the
    brain replaying the trauma of the accident? Just because they still
    have the leg, doesn't mean the pain is coming from the leg. The same
    thing applies to back and neck injuries. Just because they have an
    intact back structure, it doesn't mean that something in the back is
    causing the pain.

WF> When it comes to pain, there is much to be learned from phantom pain
    and the way the brain recreates the sensations. My heart goes out
    to all of you and I want to thank you for all you have taught me in
    the time I was on the list. If you are in the Northern California
    area and would like to have me speak to your group, I would be happy
    to do so.

    I have also been studying some meridian therapies, which seem to
    play a part in all of this. These meridians in our bodies carry
    information and emotion. There is a relatively new technique for
    releasing trauma from the meridians that is gaining support from the
    therapy community. There are some outstanding results in the area of
    pain.

    Wayne...you are welcome to forward this to the group.

Wendi Friesen
Hypnotherapy and NLP
502 Natoma St
Folsom, Ca. 95630

www.wendi.com
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Part II

WF> The meridian therapy that I talked about has a web site with
    practitioners listed. There is a huge section on pain that has been
    relieved with this technique. It can be done over the phone, but
    probably better in person.

    I am trained in this technique and I think it may be very helpful
    for phantom pain. Take a look at the section on pain, and read some
    of the therapists experiences.

		     http://www.emofree.com

WF> I would be happy to work with a few people from your list over the
    phone, at no charge, to alleviate phantom pain. I would like to
    document the results and follow up as this may be very valuable.


Wendi