Summary: Have you ever daydreamed and lost track of what was going on around you? The dividing line between a normal waking state and a trance state is not always a definite one. Hypnosis is a mind-body healing approach that’s been used successfully to manage acute and chronic pain, including cancer pain. Its analgesic effects are well known during dental procedures, burn wounds, headaches, and irritable bowel syndrome. Ross Chambers talks to us about how well hypnosis relieved aggravating chest wall and shoulder pain following a pacemaker implantation. Then, Dr. David Patterson, psychologist and hypnotherapist from the University of Washington School of Medicine shows us the benefits of hypnotic analgesia on a variety of painful conditions.
