Two studies from Harvard Medical School show hypnosis significantly reduces the time it takes to heal.
Study One: Six weeks after an ankle fracture, those in the hypnosis group showed the equivalent of eight and a half weeks of healing.
Study Two: Three groups of people studied after breast reduction surgery. Hypnosis group healed "significantly faster" than supportive attention group and control group.
Harvard Medical School, Carol Ginandes and Union Institute in Cincinnati, Patricia Brooks, Harvard University Gazette Online at http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/05.08/01-hypnosis.html. Hypnosis and Attention/Conflict.
Other studies on healing:
- Ginandes CS, Rosenthal DI. Using hypnosis to accelerate the healing of bone fractures: a randomized controlled pilot study. Alternative Therapies 1999;5:67-75
- Ginandes, CS, Brooks P, Snado W, et al. Can medical hypnosis accelerate post-surgical wound healing? Results of clinical trial. Amer J of Clin Hyp 2003; 45:333-51.
