Many studies have demonstrated that patients receiving clinical hypnosis prior to surgery have reduced anxiety, less discomfort afterwards, require fewer pain-killers if any, and have a speedier recovery.  Dr David Bowler offers pre-operative clinical hypnosis, preferably as close to the surgery date as possible, along with instruction in self-hypnosis for you to use at the hospital before and after the procedure.   A new Toronto study supports this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10775151 ..read more

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Watch Georgie Oldfield, a pain physiotherapist in the UK, interview Lizzie about Lizzie's recovery from chronic pelvic pain using the Curable App and Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT). Many of my patients have benefited from using the Curable app, PRT  (a mindfulness technique), and/or clinical hypnosis to feel safe and let go of the various beliefs, anxiety, and fears that underly much chronic pain. Some people feel better quickly; others more gradually.  Please ignore the adverts in the YouTube ..read more

A organization founded by people who have recovered from chronic pain provides resources and recounts many personal stories of recovery from chronic pain using Dr. John Sarno's approach and related techniques such as Pain Reprocessing Therapy. Their YouTube channel is well worth checking out. Ask Dr Bowler how you can explore these concepts.  ..read more

Not very many people enjoy injections or procedures involving needles - except when they have found treatments such as trigger point injections, prolotherapy, perineural injections therapy so helpful that they eagerly anticipate their next visit to the clinic. Some, however, who could benefit from dental visits or medical procedures, postpone or avoid them due to a needle phobia. Needle Phobia is much more than a simple dislike of the discomfort associated with needles; a person with a needle phobia feels sudden severe anxiety, panic, perhaps nausea or may even faint at the the mere thought of ..read more

A medical student tells her story about The Connection between Pelvic Pain & Childhood Trauma in this fascinating article. Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) and clinical hypnosis are among the most successful approaches to reducing or eliminating such pain once serious conditions have ben excluded and one understands the links between the brain and the gut and other pelvic organs such as the bladder. Even when structural conditions such as endometriosis or polycystic ovarian syndrome are diagnosed understanding the connections between past experiences, stress, and how the nervous s ..read more

CRPS, chronic regional pain syndrome, once known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy, has been thought to be incurable by conventional medicine. It is a severe persistent pain condition perpetuated by the nervous system, often beginning with an injury that may be a significant one, such as a fractured wrist, or by even a minor event, and occasionally none at all. Contrary to widespread opinion it does not have to be permanent. It can respond to a mind-body approach such as a education about how pain is processed in the brain combined with either clincal hypnosis or Pain Reprocessing Therapy. Read ..read more

The following abstracts represent just a few of the many peer-reviewed scientific journal articles on clinical hypnotherapy for IBS. Our program is based largely the research of Palsson and Whorwell, mentioned below.  Tan, G., Hammond, D. C., & Gurrala, J. (2005). Hypnosis and Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Review of Efficacy and Mechanism of Action. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 47(3), 161–178. doi:10.1080/00029157.2005.1040 Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder characterized by abdominal pain, distension, and an altered bowel habit for whic ..read more

Dr David Bowler is now offering Pain Reprocessing Therapy to patients with chronic neuroplastic or stress-related pain and post-trauma. This is an evidence-based clinical therapy taught by the Pain Reprocessing Therapy Center in LA. PRT is the basis of the processes enjoyed by the many users of the popular Curable App.    ..read more

Alan Gordon and Alon Ziv recently published their book on Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), a safe and effective process validated in a clinical study in Boulder Colorado in which the majority of chronic back pain patients who participated in the  PRT counselling process had most or all of their pain resolve. The study is worth reading, as is their book.  ..read more