February 2008
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Dear Colleague,
In this issue of my email newsletter, I
announce my upcoming
February 27 live teleseminar with Fred Gallo:
Using Energy Psychology Techniques to
Treat Emotional and Physical Pain. This
is a great opportunity to "Ask the
Experts."
Also in this issue, I
introduce you to several natural and easily
accessible treatment methods to help you
reverse chronic pain.
I look forward to connecting with you for the Gallo seminar on 2/27. Don't forget to register! In the meantime, be well...
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Teleseminar with Fred Gallo & Maggie Phillips
Wednesday, February 27
9:00 - 10:30 AM Pacific Time
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My new teleseminar series Ask the Experts
About Chronic Pain will begin on
Wednesday, February 27, at 9:00 AM Pacific
time with the topic Using Energy
Psychology Techniques to Treat Emotional and
Physical Pain.
Dr. Fred Gallo,
international expert on Energy Psychology,
will join me on the call. Fred was an early
teacher for me in Energy Psychology and he
and I have enjoyed keeping in touch ever
since. Recently, we were both keynote
speakers at the Energy Psychology conference
held this past September, 2007, in
Heidelberg, Germany. Whether you are a highly
skilled EP practitioner, a beginner, or know
absolutely nothing about Energy Psychology,
you will benefit from and enjoy our
presentations on this call.
About Dr. Gallo: Fred Gallo is the
author of seven books on energy
psychology, including his most recent book,
Energy Tapping for Trauma. For more
information, please visit www.energypsych.com
to find out why he is one of my top choices
to help you learn effective tools with
chronic pain.
The fee for the call is $50. You can pay
using your credit card and the secure payment
system provided by Paypal. There are limited
"seats" for this call so please register
early. The seminar will last 60 minutes followed
by a 30-minute live "question and answer"
session.
The deadline for signing up is Monday,
February 25, by 11:59 PM Pacific time, so
please take one minute to enroll
right now while this opportunity is in the
front of your mind. Several people missed the
January teleseminar due to late enrollment.
Believe me, you won't want to miss this call!
Your fee also includes 30-day unlimited telephone
access to the audio recording of the call and
a free study guide to help you get the most
out of the call.
To sign up for the call click
here. If you are a pain patient, and
would like to submit questions for Fred and
me, please click
here. If you are a professional who
treats chronic pain, click
here. Please note that you may receive
several email reminders with "Gallo
Teleseminar" as the subject. If you are not
interested, please delete the email.
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News From the Pain Front |
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There are many exciting breakthroughs to help
you reverse chronic pain. I will be sharing
many of them in this newsletter in the months
ahead.
Sometimes the most reliable and helpful
treatment methods for pain are those that are
natural and easily accessible.
The April, 2007 edition of Prevention
magazine has a wonderful section on Ways to
Achieve Speedy Healing. The most important
natural remedy for pain is adequate
sleep -- at least 8-9 hours or more per
night. That makes sense to all of us, right?
Pain is exhausting and without sleep we
cannot support adequately our body's healing.
But here is the biological reason why: During
the first two hours of sleep, there is a
spike in the production of growth hormone
which is vital to the healing process --
producing new cells, nerve fibers, and other
body resources which help repair, restore and
expand our pain system.
Another strategy is the use of honey
for superficial wounds like cuts and burns.
Honey appears to act as an anti-bacterial
agent, rapidly cleaning and preventing
infection. A New Zealand study found that
burns healed 4 days faster, reduced swelling
and minimized scarring. I'll bet children
would particularly benefit from this one!
Reducing stress is a third important
strategy. The stress hormone cortisol is
produced as a response to emotional conflict.
A rise in cortisol can slow healing. This
fact is also relevant to unresolved trauma
due to abuse, loss, accident, injury or
surgery. When the traumatic reaction is
re-triggered in the present, which happens
when people involved in vehicle accidents
must defend themselves in court, the increase
in cortisol can be devastating to a pain patient.
The article also suggests hypnosis as
an important healing technique, citing
studies conducted by my friend, Carol
Ginandes, at Harvard University. Carol and
her colleagues found that people with
fractured bones who received hypnosis were
healing at an advanced rate of 2-1/2 weeks
faster than those without hypnosis.
The relaxation response can be
achieved through imagery, muscle relaxation
techniques, and other easy to learn methods.
People who practice regularly have been shown
to shave weeks off the time it takes to
recover from any disorder caused or worsened
by stress. It behooves all of us to learn to
achieve reliable relaxation.
Yoga has been shown to improve stress,
improve circulation and mobility. Researchers
at the University of Washington have found
that yoga can ease lower back pain faster
than conventional exercises.
Finally, massage is particularly
effective for acute injury. If you
pull a muscle or strain a tendon, massage can
quickly reduce soreness and swelling.
Australian researchers report that if
massaged within 3 hours of the onset of pain,
a strained muscle will be a third less sore
and swollen 3 days later than the same injury
without massage. Please note that this does
not hold true for many kinds of chronic pain,
especially nerve pain, and for systemic
disease such as cancer, so please check with
your physician or massage therapist to
determine whether massage is a timely fit for
you.
For more information, please visit http://www.prevention.com.
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Maggie Phillips, Ph.D.
2768 Darnby Dr.
Oakland, CA 94611
USA
510-655-3843
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