A Gut Feeling - IBS & Hypnotherapy

As many as one in five people in Britain goes on to develop IBS, with symptoms including stomach pain, diarrhoea and constipation. Half the work done by gastroenterologists concerns IBS related symptoms.

New research claims that hypnotherapy has proven to be an effective long-term treatment for IBS and that almost three-quarters (71%) of patients responded well to hypnotherapy and most did not deteriorate over time.

More than 200 patients with IBS were monitored after undergoing gut-directed hypnotherapy, each recording their symptoms, quality of life and levels of anxiety and stress before and after treatment.

The research was carried out by a team at Withington Hospital in Manchester, where the UK's first NHS hypnotherapy unit has been established. They concluded that "the beneficial effects of hypnotherapy appear to last at least five years", making it "a viable therapeutic option" for treating IBS.

There was also improvement in quality of life and levels of anxiety and depression, although this decreased over time. However, patients said they took fewer drugs and did not need to see their doctors as often after having hypnotherapy.

Local Cognitive Hypnotherapist, Brenda Bentley has had excellent success in treating IBS with her clients. The reason that hypnotherapy is so successful is due to concentration of neuro-transmitters in the stomach and their link to the bodies stress response.

"Have you ever considered the terms 'comfort eating' or 'gut feeling' or why you get butterflies in your stomach?"

"The stomach has an independent network of over 100 billion neurons in the gut not only signals our bodies to stress but causes illness, including IBS." says Bentley.

In particular one client, who suffered from IBS for seven years and tried everything including eliminating common dietary irritants such as wheat and dairy.

Samantha Brown, 35, mother of one from Stratford upon Avon commented: "after years of suffering, my mood is enhanced, my energy levels have increased and my stomach is flat again. It's really improved the quality of my life."

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Note to Editor: Brenda Bentley is a new therapist practicing cognitive hypnotherapy at Octagon Therapy Centre -- a new therapy centre at 9 Guild Street, Stratford upon Avon CV37 6RE.
Birmingham: Harborne Complementary Health Clinic, 321 Harborne Lane, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 0NT

Contact: Brenda Bentley, 0794 880 1229

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