Re: Try this relaxation technique - Chantale to Chrissie & Chantale

From: Jo Eslick (joanne@bombobeach.com)
Sun Jun 23 20:43:25 2002


Hey Chrissie & Chantale!!

I am so happy to see you posting messages on the board again Chrissie, :-) you and your special guardian angels ARE VERY important here on the IAS board & at bombobeach.com too! I LOVE your relaxation technique and wondered if you would mind if I added it to my "How to Cope" section on bombo... As you know Chrissie, my way of relaxing is to visit my favourite beach in my mind, and that is why I called the Australian Adhesions Support Group http://www.bombobeach.com to encourage visitors to feel relaxed, in a warm & friendly environment. I would of-course put a tag on it saying that it is your relaxation description ... can you email me & tell me how you came to use this exercise?

Chantale.... our sweet Chrissie is such a treasure and I hope that her relaxation exercise was useful to you... I collect ideas and suggestions like Chrissie's to add to the "How to Cope" section of the Aussie site. I would LOVE to hear from you telling me your experience of trying Chrissie's idea & hope & pray it brought you some relief! I know that pain medication alone isn't enough to always get us through! Please feel free to surf on over to bombo & check out some other ideas to help divert your mind away from your pain.... I call them diversional therapies and it can be something as easy as sitting in a nice sunny corner of your yard, feet up, a cool jug of water, hat, sunscreen & sunglasses and a great book! All those good vitamins we get from sunlight, but making sure you are protected from sunburn... warms you to the bone which helps reduce pain and then reading a book and digging deep into the story and forgetting about our everyday troubles and aches...hmmmm I have to wait 'til September or October to use that favourite therapy again *sigh*, BUT sitting next to the slow combustion wood fire is almost as good, except that I really love the outdoors....

Anybody else got a favourite way to help take his or her mind off pain? I know that our Nancy enjoys her craft and is always thinking of others... making gifts for family & friends helps take her mind off pain, as dose chatting with her friends from the board... don't forget to drop in and chat with us on Wednesday nights from 8pm to 10pm USA Eastern Standard time... I am sure you can work out the time difference for your own area from there. For me it's actually 10am Thursday morning when I visit with all of you in Beach Club Chat!

I can't wait to hear from you to find out what your favourite diversion is...

At Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Chrissy492@aol.com wrote: >
>Hi Sweet Chantale.......Sorry to hear that right now nothing is really
>working for your devil pain. Try this technique and with practice you can
>actually numb your pain.
>Go into a relaxing room, a room where you won't be disturbed. Let everyone
>know this is your time, your time to be alone. If you have a door in this
>room, close it and if you have to, put a "do not disturb" sign on the door.
>1. Close your eyes and imagine that your right hand is becoming pleasantly
>warm and heavy. Each time you breath out, the pleasant sensation of warmth
>and heaviness becomes greater, until your hand feels so heavy it can hardly
>move (unless you want it to)
>2. Now feel a pleasant numbness that begins in your right thumb, then moves
>to your second finger, the third finger, the fourth finger, and finally the
>fifth finger with each out-breath. The numbness spreads to the palm of your
>right hand and then to the back of the hand, stopping at the wrist. It is a
>pleasant, warm, heavy, and numb sensation only in your right hand.
>3. Either physically place your right hand on your painful area, or imagine
>that the numbness in your right hand is moving there. When all the numbness
>has been absorbed into the area of pain, return to your focus word or breath.
> When you are ready to end this session, transfer the numbness back to your
>right hand.
>4. Now feel the normal sensations coming into the back of your right hand,
>then the palm, the fifth finger, the fourth finger, the third finger, the
>second finger, and the thumb. Your hand still feels warm and heavy.
>5. Gradually feel your hand becoming lighter and lighter with each breath.
>Feel it become normal, just like your left hand.
>6. Count to three and open your eyes.
>
>The more you practice this technique, the more quickly you can develop the
>sensation of numbness, which can be transferred to the area of pain. You can
>also make your own tape with these instructions to help you master this
>technique. That's what I've done and it makes it easier to listen to
>instructions with my own voice.
>I really hope this helps sweets........
>Hugs with love,
>~Chrissie xo's

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Love and gentle hugs,
Joanne Eslick
Founder Australian Adhesions Support Group
http://www.bombobeach.com
NSW Australian Co-ordinator of
International Adhesions Society
http://www.adhesions.org

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I am not a medical person, and all my messages are based
on personal experience.  I am a fellow adhesions sufferer
reaching out to help others.

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