Pain Management With EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques)
Article by Pat Burns
Pain is our body sending us a message!
No matter what the cause of the pain is, our body is telling us to pay attention, and that’s what we need to do. There is always a reason for the message, whether we recognize it or not.
It’s a medical fact that our emotions trigger different chemicals in our bodies. Happy emotions can produce healing and calming chemicals, but negative emotions can create disease causing chemistry in our bodies. You’re probably already familiar with how stress contributes to high blood pressure, headaches and body pain, depending on where in your body your hold your stress. It’s common for people to hold stress across their shoulders and neck, resulting in what can be chronic pain in those areas.
What if it’s ALL physical?
Even for pain with a definite physical origin, EFT can be very effective. If you suffer from something like arthritic joints, you’ll probably have to tap periodically in order to maintain a level of comfort, but you can definitely use EFT to make yourself much more comfortable, no matter what the source of your pain is.
I’ve had 2 bad discs in my spine for years, and my back would periodically “go out”, sometimes putting me in bed for days, but with regular tapping I find that I seldom have problems with my back, and can lay in any position at night, which I was not able to do previously.
How to create your own tapping statements for pain.
Really TUNE IN to the painBe very aware of where the pain is and exactly how it feels.Describe the pain: – be very specificLocation: Exactly where in your body is the pain? For example, if you have a pain in your right leg, be specific about where in your leg it is, as in “Even though I have this pain in the back middle of my thigh…”Color: If your pain had a color, what would it be? Visualize the pain in your mind.Size: How big is your pain? Is it the size of a tennis ball, or is it so big that it feels like it fills your chest or stomach or back or whatever?What does the pain remind you of?: Does it feel like a knife sticking in you, or a band tightening around you, or a jagged piece of glass? Really get into that feeling and describe it.What is the pain level? On a scale of 1 tCreate your tapping statement using the words that you came up with to describe your pain.Tap 2 to 3 rounds using those tapping statements.Reassess pain level and do additional rounds of tapping as needed to bring your pain level down to zero.
Example Script: Tapping for knee pain
Setup – Karate chop:
* Even though I have a sharp pain in my left knee that feels like someone stuck a knife in my knee, and that really hurts, I deeply and completely love and accept myself. * Even though my left knee really hurts, and it feels like I have jagged red glass in my knee, that cuts every time I move, I deeply and completely love and accept myself. * Even though the sharp pain in my left knee makes it painful for me to walk, and I hate not being able to get around the way I want to, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.
Eyebrow: All that pain in my left kneeSide of eye: It hurts a lotUnder eye: The pain makes it hard to walkUnder nose: It feels like jagged glass in my kneeChin: So painfulCollar bone: Red, jagged glass inside my kneeUnder arm: Hurting every time I move my legTop of head: Hurting every time I try to walk.
Eyebrow: This pain makes me miserableSide of eye: But I’m choosing to work on releasing the painUnder eye: Making the decision to let go of the painUnder nose: And to be able to move my leg comfortablyChin: I hate having this pain in my kneeCollar bone: Letting go of that pain, a little at a timeUnder arm: Moving toward feeling comfortable with my kneeTop of head: As I release the sharp pain.
Eyebrow: Continuing to let go of the pain in my left kneeSide of eye: Trusting that I’ll be able to walk comfortablyUnder eye: Letting go of the red, jagged pain in my left kneeUnder nose: Confident that this pain will go awayChin: Looking forward to moving around in comfortCollar bone: Knowing that I’ll be able to walk with easeUnder arm: Loving the feeling of confidenceTop of head: That the pain in my knee is gone.
About the Author
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Pat Burns is an EFT practitioner in Tallahassee, FL. Contact Pat at pat@seeking-serenity.com
