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6. Hypnosis
You may think of hypnosis as a party trick, but it’s actually a powerful therapy for chronic pain relief. Trained hypnotists typically hold advanced degrees in medicine or psychology (or both), and they are experts at accessing the subconscious mind. For fibromyalgia patients, this means getting down to the source of your attitudes, learning to calm your mind, and ultimately change your natural responses to your pain. Studies also show that hypnotherapy sessions – whether therapist-assisted or self-guided – can reduce activity in the pain center of the brain enormously. In fact, fibro patients who use hypnotherapy report 80% fewer symptoms than those who don’t receive the treatment.
There is no cure or magic pill for fibro, but here are 11 healthy habits for fibromyalgia that patients can adopt to help manage their symptoms.
