Hypnotherapy Uses > IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)

Food is moved through the intestines by contractions of muscles in the intestinal walls. Sometimes, these contractions lose their normal rhythm causing the muscles to go into spasm, giving rise to severe abdominal pain. Irritable Bowel Syndrome, is a combination of this abdominal pain and irregular bowel habits.

Stress and anxiety are believed to be two of the main triggers along with a lack of dietary fibre. This paying attention to these factors can alleviate symptoms.

Research has proven that hypnotherapy is probably one of the best ways of treating IBS, using cause and effect to find the root cause and suggestion therapy to alleviate the symptoms. Hypnotherapy has been recently recommended as a form of treatment to IBS sufferers on the NHS in the UK.