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Originally Posted by Meta menardi  I have always wondered about the placebo thing, perhaps we need some Shamans. |
I know it's not really the placebo effect but it's long similar lines...I watched a programme, years ago now, where a doctor performed operations without anaesthetic because he found a way of convincing the brain that there was no pain. i can't remember quite how he did this but it wasn't hypnosis.
The other thing is that you can turn down pain, sometimes, with visualization. There are various ways but the most common seems to be pretending your turning down a thermostat. If you can get in the right frame of mind it does work - as long as the pain isn't too severe..not managed it for back pain.