Case Study Reveals Pain Relief Using Thought Field Therapy
Dr. Robert Pasahow Talks About Using Thought Field Therapy (TFT) to Treat Physical Pain
Safe, Pain Relief with Thought Field Therapy (TFT)
Wall Street Journal article says “Top Pain Scientist Fabricated Data in Studies, Hospital Says”
“The anesthesiologist allegedly faked data in 21 studies on the use of various painkillers, including Vioxx”.
Pain is the most common reason older adults, age 65 and older, visit their doctor. The older adult population is rapidly increasing as the baby boomers age.
Pain is often considered by experts to be a silent epidemic in the United States. In the U.S., an estimated 50 million people suffer from chronic pain caused by a disorder, disease or accident. An additional 25 million people suffer acute pain resulting from surgery or accidents.
The loss of productivity in the workplace due to pain is a burden on both companies and families. In a study done in 2000 it was reported that 36 million Americans missed work in the previous year due to pain and that 83 million indicated that pain affected their participation in various activities.1
From these statistics it is clear that pain and its treatment is a major problem confronting our modern culture. A survey done by the American Pain Society2 in 1999 revealed that more than 40% of people suffering moderate to severe pain were unable to find adequate pain relief.
Inadequate pain relief is one of the top reasons people experience a reduced quality of life.Increasing anxiety is yet another reason for diminishing quality of life.The medications for both pain and anxiety are usually toxic, leading to many complications and side-effects, even death. Individuals on blood thinners can’t even take most medications for physical pain and are left with little or no option for their pain relief.
Thought Field Therapy (TFT) is a little-known, but highly effective, drug-free and non-invasive way to reduce or eliminate even chronic pain without the risk of medications. TFT was discovered and developed by California clinical psychologist, Dr. Roger Callahan. It works with nature’s healing system combining the acupressure meridian system and modern psychology.
With the known risks of painkillers, the fraud appearing regularly in the studies of these painkillers, suggesting unknown risks, we need to help pain sufferers learn and use safer methods for managing pain.
3Researchers at Oxford University in the United Kingdom have found that the anxiety caused by the anticipation or experience of pain makes the perceived level of pain much worse. This often leads to the addition of anxiety medications, which have their own set of risks and side-effects. TFT effectively reduces or eliminates anticipatory anxiety in addition to reducing the pain.
Length of relief from pain, per occurrence, is also important to the sufferer. In a 4study, TFT provided longer relief than that experienced from pain medications. (a free copy of this study is available on www.TFTRX.com).
5Statistically significant results were obtained with all problems and symptoms treated with TFT in a study at Kaiser Behavioral Health Services. These problems included anxiety, depression, alcohol abuse, anger, anxiety due to medical condition, bereavement, and chronic pain along with others.
“When I observe a number of suffering patients who did not respond to our usual treatment modalities, suddenly get better after TFT treatments are given, I don’t need a double-blind controlled study to tell me the value of Callahan Techniques® TFT.”
James McKoy, MD, Chief, Pain Clinic, Chief, Rheumatology Service, Assistant Chief, Neuroscience Department
Pain relief can be one of the most important means for improving the quality of life for thousands of people. Those suffering with chronic diseases such as arthritis, cancer, heart disease or fybromyalgia can use TFT in addition to their medications to reduce the risk associated with continued medication use and to enhance their effect.
It makes sense that we use a natural, risk-free process to relieve and manage pain first, before spending large sums of money for medications with known side-effects and risks.
To learn more about this safe alternative for pain management, visit www.TFTRX.com, Self-Help Products, TFT and Health Series. The study mentioned above is available as a free download.
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1. Pain in America: A Research Report, Survey conducted for Merck by the Gallup Organization, 2000.
2. Chronic Pain in America: Roadblocks to Relief, survey conducted for the American Pain Society, The American Academy of Pain Medicine and Janssen Pharmaceutica,1999.
3. Plonghaus, A., Tracey, I., Gati, J. S., Clare, S., Menon, R. S., Matthews, P. M., & Rawlins, J. N. (1999). Dissociating pain from its anticipation in the human brain. Science, 284(5422), 1979-81.
4. Thought Field Therapy and Pain, by Robert Pasahow, PhD, in The Thought Field, Volume 11, Issue 2,
5. Thought Field Therapy Clinical Applications: Utilization in an HMO in Behavioral Medicine and Behavioral Health Services, Kaiser Behavioral Health Services, Sakai, Caroline, et al., J Clinical
