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Research for Hypnosis

Studies at the University of Manchester, in Great Britain, revealed amazing results about Mind Body Muscle increase in just one week. One group of people did only hypnotic exercises and another group did real exercises for the same amount of time of as the hypnosis group. The group who did real exercise increased their targeted muscle size and strength by 30% whereas the group who ONLY did the hypnosis exercises increased the targeted muscle size and mass by 16%.

Bolocofsky, David N.; Spinler, Dwayne; Coulthard-Morris, Linda (1985)

Effectiveness of Hypnosis as an adjunct to behavioural weight management.

Journal of Clinical Psychology, 41 (1), 35-41:

109 17-67 year olds completed a behavioural treatment for weight management either with or without the addition of hypnosis. Results show that at the end of the 9-week program, both interventions resulted in significant weight reduction. However, at 8-month and 2-year follow up, the hypnosis subjects showed significant additional weight loss, while those in the behavioural treatment only group exhibited little further change. More subjects who used hypnosis also achieved and maintained their personal weight goals.

Cochrane, Gordon; Friesen,J. (1986) Hypnotherapy in weight loss treatment.

Scientific Research on Hypnotic Breast Enlargement:

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Vol:54 489-482

1. Peter H.C. Mutke. M.D. (UCLA) performed the first study. He presented his results as a research paper to the Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, February
28, 1971. As of 1994, Dr Mutke was still with UCLA and has been active in the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners.
2.Williams, J.E., Stimulation of Breast Growth. “Journal of Sex Research,” 1974, 10:316-326. His thirteen volunteers averaged 2.11 inch increase in the circumference of their breasts (2 cups sizes).

3. Staib, A.R., and Logan, D.R., Hypnotic Stimulationof Breast Growth. “The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, “ 1997, 4:201-208. They repeated Dr. Wiliams’ results with similar results. They also found women’s waist size increased by 1.4 inches. Their follow up study showed that 81% of the breast enlargement was retained several months after the women stopped their visual imagery.

4.Willard, R.D., Breast enlargement through visual imagery and hypnosis. “The American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, “1977, 4:195-200. Dr Willard used a different technique than Dr. Williams (who used ae regression and age progression) and achieved an average 1.44 inch increase in breast size for his 22 volunteers. Every woman had an increase in their breast circumference.

5. Wilson, Donlad L. MD, “Natural Bust Enlargement with Total Mind Power”How to use the other 90% of your brain to increase the size of your breasts. 1979 Book. Has the scripts and a great bibliography. Dr Wilson ran a clinic in California with great success.

6. Beran, Roy (a neurologist at Adelaide Children’s Hospital, England) presented the results of his study to the February 1979 National Convention of Hypnotherapists in Adelaide, Dr Beran showed that the breast volume (he measured the breast’s cubic displacement of water) more than doubled during the three month hypnosis program.

Excerpt of the Results sectionof the Willard study:
At the end of 12 weeks, 28% had reached the goal they had set at the beginning of the program and desired no further enlargement. There  were 85% who could tell a significant enlargement in their breasts had been accomplished, and 46% found it necessary to buy a larger brassiere. Forty-two percent had a loss in weight of greater than 4 pounds and still had enlargement of their breasts. The average increase in circumference was 1.37 inches; the average increase in the vertical measurement was 0.67 inches and the average increase in horizontal measurement was 1.01 inches…. {note: the study was continued past 12 weeks to let those who hadn’t reach their goals to do so.}

 In this study, 63% of the subjects had had children and complained of pendulous breasts. These subjects expressed a desire to reclaim the fullness and contour of the breasts which they had before pregnancies. All of theses subjects reported they were very pleased with the increase in fullness and firmness of their breasts at the end of the study…..
The only two subjects who subjectively felt there had been no significant increase, did have a measurable increase in size. Both subjects had difficulty obtaining visualizations. All of the subjects reprted an increase in firmness of their breasts. All of the subjects who began the study withone breast smaller than the other found them to be equal in size at the end of the twelve weeks

Investigated the effects of hypnosis in weight loss for 60 females, at least 20 % overweight and not involved in other treatment…hypnosis was more effective than a control group (17 vs 5 pounds on follow-up).

Kirsch, Irving (1996).

Hypnotic enhancement of cognitive-behavioural weight loss treatments—Another meta-reanalysis.

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64 (3), 517-519:

Averaged across post treatment and follow up assessment periods, the mean weight loss was 6.00 lbs. (2.72 Kg) without hypnosis and 11.83 lbs. (5.37 kg) with hypnosis…. At the last assessment period, the mean weight loss was 6.03 lbs. (2.74 kg) without hypnosis and 14.88 lbs. (6.75kg) with hypnosis….Correlational analyses indicated that the benefits of hypnosis increased substantially over time

Research for Childbirth Through Hypnosis

Research has revealed that though hypnosis a mother can probably expect:

  1. Hao et al in China measured the effect of nursing suggestions to labouring women and recommends that the conversation of the nurses be “controlled carefully for the purpose of advancing the birth process” This randomised control trial examined 60 first time mothers with a matched control group of 60 first time mothers and found a statistically significant reduction (p<0.01) in the lengths of the first and second stages of labour.
  2. Jenkins and Pritchard found a reduction of 3 hours for prim gravid women ( from 9.3hours to 6.4 hours, p<0.0001) and for 1 hour for multigravid women ( from 6.2 hours to 5.3 hours, p<0.01) for active labour ( 262 subjects and 600 controls). Pushing was statistically shorter for first  time mothers ( from 50 mins to 37 min, p<0.001).
  3. A British study found a statistically significant reduction (p<0.001) in the length of labour of first and second time mothers: 70 hypnosis patients ( 6H 21 mins) compared to 70 relaxation patients ( 9 h 28 mins) and 70 ccontrol group ( 9h 45vmins).
  4. Abramson and Heron found a shorter first stage of labour for 100 women trained with hypnosis (by 3.23 hours) compared to a control group of 88 women.
  5. In a British study, 55% of 45 patients(first and second time mothers) equired no medication for pain rerlief. In the other non-hypnosis groups, only 22% of 90 women required no medication.

McCarthy provided five 30-minute sessions to 600 women and found a virtual absence of postpartum depression, compared to the typical rates of 10 to 15 percent. Women with a history of postpartum depression did not develop this condition, even though an estimated 50 percent eventually were predicted to do so.

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