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Rewiring Pain Hypnosis for Physical Therapy Recovery · The Hypnotist

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Hi, it's Adam here. And you're about to listen to a
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hypnosis session designed for pain reduction.
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And I was working with a client that had, in the months before a
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dislocated elbow. And because of that, it needed
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to be reset. But that meant that it was in a
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fixed position for a very long period of time.
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They were actually going through certain physical therapy, some
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people call it physiotherapy, and that was very painful for
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them because the body hadn't been used to moving and
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therefore it was kind of resisting it.
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What you're going to hear in this particular hypnosis session
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are lots of things linked to something called hypno
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analgesia, which is basically hypnosis for pain reduction,
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pain relief, or just turning off pain.
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And there are things that relate to metaphor, certain things that
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relate to direct suggestions, the amplification of pain
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relief. And also that pain in most cases
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is a message. And when you really intend or
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interpret the message in a way that's empowering, quite often
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pain goes down, you know, and also the element of personal
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choice. For example, if someone was
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randomly captured and then tattooed on their back, they
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would probably link that with a huge amount of pain.
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Someone that's dreamt of having a back tattoo and experiencing
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the same thing, they were still experiencing sensations, but
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they wouldn't label it as the same intensity of pain because
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they're choosing to do that thing.
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Therefore, personal choice as an element here as well.
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There's lots of things going on in this session and I appreciate
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it's quite related to things like physical therapy linked to
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the body part which happened to be the elbow in this client's
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case. But lots of the suggestions will
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be very suitable for many different forms of either
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chronic pain or acute pain, which is happening in the moment
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for a reason. And you know, certain things do
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'cause pain, you know, and that could be something like an
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intense stretch can sometimes called pain or you know, a
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massage. If you've got lots of kind of
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knots in your muscles, that can be painful.
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So all of these things can be painful and not all of them are
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chronic, Some are acute, but the suggestions within this might be
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helpful for you. Be aware though that it was
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entirely created for one specific individual client and
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therefore their suggestions that were very helpful for them might
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not map across perfectly for you.
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So if you do like the idea of a bespoke session may be tailored
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to your specific type of pain, there will be a link in the
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description where you can book a free consultation call to
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explore working with me. And actually there's lots of
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other free things in there like free downloads and free course.
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So check out them while you're in that description.
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For now though, I would encourage you to find a quiet,
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comfortable place where you're not going to be disturbed to
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relax and enjoy the session. Take a deep breath in, and as
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you breathe in, breathe in that resourceful feeling of calm and
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relaxation. And as you exhale, just allow
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your eyelids to close. And the moment your eyelids
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close, feel a sense of release, a sense of release that it's
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fine to let go of Any tension, any worries, any stress.
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As you breathe in, breathe in deeper than you did before.
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And as you exhale, just exhale for longer.
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Each breath takes you deeper than the last.
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And I want you to scan your body for any clues of rigidity or
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tension, stress or worries, and just give yourself permission to
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let go. I want you to get a sense that
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as you breathe in, you're breathing in that resourceful
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feeling of calm. And as you exhale, you are
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releasing any of those emotions that feel unhelpful in any way.
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That's it. Feeling deeper and deeper,
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relaxed. And the deeper you breathe, the
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more relaxed you feel. And the more relaxed you feel,
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the deeper you breathe. And as your body relaxes, your
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imagination awakens. So allow yourself to really
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settle into a comfortable position.
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Just focus on my words and the rhythm of your breathing.
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Each breath in calming and centering you, and each breath
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out releasing any tension or tightness that you no longer
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need. And as you've been begin to sink
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and drift deeper into stillness, you might notice the gentle
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rhythm of your breathing, or perhaps the way that gravity is
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supporting you there in that chair.
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So right now, just allow your body to relax as if it's
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remembering what it feels like to be deeply at ease and bring
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your attention to the tiny muscles around your eyes and
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just allow them to release and relax.
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As if a gentle wave of comfort is flowing from the top of your
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head, down across your forehead, your eyelids, your cheek, and
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your jaw, releasing and relaxing with each breath.
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That's it, Deeper relax now. And that same wave of comfort is
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now flowing down your neck and your shoulders, and it reaches
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your elbow. And I want you to feel that that
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part of you has already been through so much.
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And I want you to feel that part is now feeling supported, calm.
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Anything that's gone through some kind of trauma or change
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tends to use rigidity as a way of keeping itself safe, and I
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want you to allow that part of your body to feel that it is
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safe. It is supported, meaning that it
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can start to release some of the tension in tendons, muscle
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tissues and fibres. Just feel that you're giving
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permission to that area of your body to stand down.
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Do not be so on guard and vigilant that that part of your
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body can feel safe and relaxed and comfortable.
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And as you set that intention, just notice only what you wish
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to notice, as the rest just loosens and softens and fades
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into the background. And you may even begin to
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imagine that your mind is slowly descending.
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And I want you to imagine a tall building in Istanbul with a
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glass elevator in a beautiful modern building in that historic
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city. And I want you to imagine that
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you are descending in the glass elevator, seeing the incredible
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views of the city and perhaps the sea as I countdown from
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12:50. With each descending number, you
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will feel that you're drifting deeper and deeper, relaxed into
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that part of your subconscious mind that accepts powerful
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suggestions of change. 10 Just going down now. 9 more and more
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relaxed. 8 feeling the descent, drifting deeper. 7 That's it. 6
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nearly halfway there, 5 halfway down that modern building, just
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descending into the bottom levels of this modern building,
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and then four body just letting go.
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Three more and more at ease with each level, 2:00 and 1:00.
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And I want you to imagine that the doors open and you are now
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at the street level in this historic, vibrant city.
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And I want you to feel happy and relaxed and just noticed that
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your arm, particularly your right elbow, just feels
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completely normal because this is now a memory and your body
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and your arm knows what it feels like to be healthy and healed
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and relaxed. And just imagine you're walking
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around the streets of Istanbul, perhaps climbing upwards, and I
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want you to imagine seeing a child fall.
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The child is full of energy and vibrancy.
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They're having fun and playing. And as you see them perhaps bang
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their knee, maybe even cut their knee, it might even be bleeding,
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I want you to see an unfazed face of that child.
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They are ambivalent. Their priority is to play and
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have fun, and any damage to their knee is just a minor
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distraction. And yet some children would have
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the same fall, the same graze, and be bursting into tears as we
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plant a seed of an idea that pain is subject to how it's
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interpreted, the context. It's not objective, preordained,
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you have influence over the pain that you feel.
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And imagine climbing upwards, perhaps a hill or even a small
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mountain views over the city. And I want you to consider this
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a healing space, a safe place, a place that's entirely your own.
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And in this healing space, I want you to notice a soft golden
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light above your head. It's warm, it's peaceful and
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filled with restorative energy. And as that light begins to
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descend, it flows over your head, down your neck, and all
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the way to your elbow. In fact, continue it down to
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your wrist and your hands, and you may feel or imagine a sense
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of warmth or a gentle tingling or even just a knowing that
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something helpful is happening. And I want you to come to the
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conclusion that this golden light is your body's own healing
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intelligence, flowing exactly where it's needed.
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Soothing, repairing and strengthening, but also relaxing
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and loosening any tightness around that area.
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And as it continues to flow, it leaves behind a trail of
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comfort, dissolving tension, reducing inflammation, and
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allowing any unnecessary discomfort to be released.
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And maybe you can feel that now, that it's as if your nervous
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system is being reminded that this pain is not danger, that
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it's OK to relax now that the healing is already underway.
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And I want you to bring your focus either to your elbow or
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perhaps a different part of your body that you may be
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anticipating intense sensations. And I want you to imagine two
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things taking place simultaneously.
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I want you to imagine that that body part, perhaps your elbow or
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something else, is submerged in a bucket of freezing cold water.
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And you know it's freezing cold because you could imagine ice
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floating on the surface. Experience the coldness, perhaps
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a tingling sensation, and just imagine that the coldness is
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doing what the coldness does, creating a feeling of numbness
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in whatever that area is. But in your other hand, I want
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you to imagine there's a remote control.
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And this remote control has a dial that controls how much
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sensation you wish to notice in that area.
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And maybe it's a remote control connected to a screen, or maybe
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it has a dial. And I want you to think where it
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has been set to on that scale of 1 to 10, maybe the intensity of
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the sensations has been a nine or A10, but I want you to
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imagine dialling it down slowly. You notice that any sensation
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shifts, becomes duller, less intense, like turning the volume
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down on a speaker, 543, even a 2 now, and maybe you connect it to
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the numbness with that part that might experience future
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sensations. I want you to get a sense that
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the coldness is dialing down any sensations.
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And you've experienced this before, maybe at a dentist where
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you had that local anesthetic. It felt numb.
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You knew something was happening, but you couldn't
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quite feel what was happening. And I want you to imagine that
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is what's happening in your elbow or any part of your arm
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that you might be anticipating intense sensations.
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Feel that you can dial down and numb down those intense
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sensations. And then I want you to imagine
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perhaps an upcoming physical therapy session.
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But instead of being in your body, I want you to imagine
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seeing yourself as a spectator. You're the spectator seeing
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yourself undergoing that physical therapy, but you are no
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longer in your body. It almost feels like an out of
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body experience, and I want you to imagine that you can observe
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your elbow or any other body part from a distance.
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Perhaps like watching a video of someone else receiving therapy,
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or perhaps as someone else nearby in the room or even
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gently floating above the room. I want you to have that
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sensation of being curious, detached and calm, noticing
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without reacting. I want you to see that physical
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therapist doing what they're doing, but notice something
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different in you. Your facial expressions are just
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calmer, more relaxed. There's less tension in your
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neck and your shoulders. I want that version of you to
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process everything is not pain, just sensations, sensations that
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might be getting less and less intense.
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And that part of you that's observing is powerful, steady,
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and wise. And it knows how to keep you
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calm, centred and strong. And even when your body is doing
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something hard or potentially necessary, perhaps even useful,
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I want you to see that version of you with a higher level of
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composure, calm, almost like that version of you.
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It's somewhere else. Maybe you're not even looking in
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the same direction. The opposite of mindfulness is
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mindlessness. And sometimes it's good to take
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your mind somewhere else that you know something has happened,
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but it almost feels like you're not in your own body.
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And I want you to get a sense sense that every time you
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experience any form of physical therapy, it passes more quickly
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than expected, as if the hands on a clock spin a little faster
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during that time. And even when it's over, you
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look back and think, that went faster than I thought.
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When something feels uncomfortable or mundane, time
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tends to slow down, but other times it goes by in the blink of
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an eye because time, like perception, is something you can
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shape and each moment you spend healing you are also
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strengthening. I want you to think of sometimes
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things that can take 45 minutes or an hour can feel like 5
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minutes and just set the intention that time will pass
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quickly, but before long it will all be over and you can move on.
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I want you to get a sense that pain is sensations, but it is an
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objective, it's subjective. Pain is a message, but it's not
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a punishment. It's just your body asking for
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your attention, sometimes to warn you, but in this case to
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let you know that something is changing, adapting and healing.
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What if these sensations are progress sensations?
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I want you to get a sense that any progress sensation is
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temporary and a sign of progress, and before long that
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will pass, but the progress will continue to feel.
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Those sensations are simply evidence of progress, just like
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sore muscles after a long walk, your elbow, your arm is waking
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up to a new possibility. And you may even begin to
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appreciate these feelings as milestones, the signs that your
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body is remembering how to reactivate old tendons that have
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been dormant, like Sleeping Beauty for a while now.
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They're awakened. They need to get used to
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movement and stretching and different positions, but somehow
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stronger each time, but also feel that the worst is behind
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you. But these kind of things, it's
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front loaded. The pain gets less and less
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because the sensations of progress a building on previous
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progress. And if there's any frustration
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or fear, you can imagine placing those emotions in a small box, a
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strong box with a lock, and you place it on a shelf for later
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because right now you're focused on healing.
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So just imagine any sensations that feel too intense, pick them
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up and put. They're somewhere else far, far
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away, and you can deal with them later, or never.
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And now visualize the inner mechanics of your elbow,
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tendons, ligaments, bones and nerves all working together like
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a well designed machine being gently repaired.
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And you can even imagine tiny repair workers healing cells
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like tiny engineers, rebuilding, reinforcing, restoring
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flexibility and strength. Or imagine a vine growing
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through the cracks. New life, new strength woven
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through your elbow, making it tougher, more adaptable and more
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mobile. More resilient than ever before.
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I want you to accept the suggestion that you don't need
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pain medication. But if you choose to take pain
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medication, it will be amplified in the specific area of your
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body that you need it most. Just like that numbed area from
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the frozen water. I want you to imagine the pain
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medication goes to work in the specific area to the centimeter,
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the inch, the millimeter that you need it to be.
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You are amplifying the pain medication, making them two or
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three or four times more effective and concentrated in
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the area that you would need the most.
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And you might still get some progress sensations.
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But I want you to feel that just like that remote control, it's
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dialled all the way down. What was once unbearable now
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feels manageable. And from now on, every time you
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begin physical therapy, you'll find yourself calmer, more
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confident, and more in control. And you'll remember this
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feeling, this comfort, this distance, this healing energy.
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And it will return automatically the moment therapy begins.
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The look of the face of your therapist will give you
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reassurance. The words explaining what
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they're doing will help evaluate things positively.
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Any discomfort or sensations will feel manageable and you'll
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more and more notice progress, even in the smallest ways.
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You will be focused not on the sensations, but the progress.
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More mobility, more time holding a particular position.
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You will be obsessed with the progress, not with the
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sensations, And maybe you'll feel proud of yourself for
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showing up, for doing the hard work, doing what's necessary to
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give that future version of you a gift.
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And as the days go by, don't be surprised if your sleep
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improves, your energy returns your elbow, and your arm feels
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more and more like your own again, like it's returning back
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to normal. I wonder if you can imagine now
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seeing yourself, perhaps a few months from now, after all of
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this physical therapy and healing.
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I want you to imagine seeing yourself moving your arm freely,
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reaching, stretching, lifting, holding something, maybe doing
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something like using a pen or typing something, but see
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yourself doing it with ease and confidence and see yourself
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smiling because you were willing to experience temporary
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sensations for a greater good. It was worth it.
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And because your body responded, you may even feel a quiet level
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of pride knowing that sensations or discomfort or a price you
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were willing to pay to have that mobility, strength and freedom
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back. Proud that you trained your mind
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and trusted the process you were following and the experience of
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someone that's been doing it for years.
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When your unconscious mind is connected with these
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suggestions, feeling that any future therapy sessions are
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going to be more manageable and you can be calmer and more
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relaxed knowing that you have given powerful suggestions to
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your body to reduce the intensity of sensations from
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intense to mild and subtle. Just let me know by nodding your
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head. That's it.
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So imagine now is the time to go back down that hill, that
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mountain climb back in that glass elevator, and just feel
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that glass elevator is returning to the top.
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And the moment it gets to the top, just imagine you're
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floating all the way back into your body right now, taking all
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these wonderful new ideas, powerful suggestions and
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intentions with you. So take a deep breath in through
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the nose and out through the nose.
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Wiggle your fingers and wiggle your toes.
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Start to connect and calibrate into the here and the now.
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As I now count from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you.
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You will awaken feeling confident, resilient, and
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empowered. Starting to count 123 Waking up
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456. More alert 7-8 Open your eyes.
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Open your eyes 910. Wide awake, Wide awake.
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Wide awake. None.
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