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Here we are again writing another blog post about someone going under the knife and using self hypnosis to relax them to a state whereby they feel no pain.

In this case, the lady was Bernadine Coady, 67 who used the skills she learned from a hypnotherapy course 15 years ago to bring herself into a deep state of relaxation. This isnt the first time she has used self hypnosis in this way, ten years ago she underwent an operation which involved a surgeon sawing into the bone of her foot, using only hypnosis. At the time she said: 'I said to myself that if I had any pain I was going to liken it to waves lashing against a sea wall. Every time it happened, I thought it was the pain going away, like the tide. '

In a BBC News report yesterday, she stated that she could feel "tugging", and there was some discomfort, but no pain

A spokesman for the National Council for Hypnotherapy was quoted in the Telegraph Newspaper, saying that the technique has been used for centuries for pain relief. He added: "It is used often other countries, for example Belgium, as an alternative to anesthetics and patients report that it is very successful, that they feel no pain during their operations."

In addition to the impact during an operation, people using hypnosis in this way are often reported to have quicker recovery times.

Hypnosis can be used for controlling pain in many circumstances, it is now more commonly being used by dentists, for childbirth and and where a person experiences pain which is otherwise untreatable. The key thing about controlling pain is as Bernadine rightly points out is to be totally relaxed, this way, the bodies own natural pain killers (endorphins) can be utilised. Then, by using visualisations you can stay in this state and manage any levels of discomfort as they may come and go.

If you would like to learn more about hypnosis, we will be covering how to handle pain plus many other interesting topics in our workshop in Brighton, UK on 29th and 30th November 2008. To find out more, proceed to our training site form this link:

http://training.subrideo.com/index.php?page=course_hypnosis_intro

To read the telegraph article go to this link:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2263867/Pensioner-has-knee-surgery-under-hypnosis.html