What is Energy Medicine?  Energy medicines are a

group of very successful processes that work  to heal the body and the emotions by changing the messages the brain sends to the cells of the body and to the emotion centers.  Energy medicines are being practiced and taught at the cutting edge of healthcare in many parts of the U. S. and in some parts of Europe and Asia. 

Energy medicines connect the part of your brain that makes decisions like “I want to lower my blood pressure, I want to boost my immune system, I want to have greater self-confidence, I want to get rid of my allergies” with the subconscious processes of your mind that work like a computer, programming your metabolism, your heart rate, your self-esteem, mental focus, aging or remaining youthful.  With energy medicine you can take control of these subconscious programs or create new ones, to make the changes that you want in your life.   

Dr. Zimmerman teaches her clients how to use for themselves the mind-body processes she has found most effective from energy medicine.  Several of these processes, explained in “Types of Energy Medicine” include neurolinguistic processes for relieving chronic pain and stress; meridian therapy for addiction recovery and eliminating emotional trauma; guided deep relaxation techniques for lowering blood pressure and smoothing heart rhythms; and hypnotherapy for working with subconscious energy patterns and transforming self-sabotage and limiting behaviors.  

Uses for Energy Medicine  Energy medicines are used for many issues.  Of course we use energy therapies for losing weight naturally and to quit smoking.  However, there are many more areas where these remarkable processes can help your life.  You can use energy therapy for stress reduction, managing cortisol and blood sugar, pain management, boosting your immune system, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, speeding up healing, skin conditions, and more.   

Energy medicine processes have been approved by an independent panel convened by the National Institutes of Health.  The American Cancer Society recommends energy medicine techniques such as guided imagery, deep relaxation and guided suggestion with hypnosis to relieve the pain associated with chemotherapy. 

According to studies by the Mayo Clinic, these hypnotherapy techniques may also be used effectively to:  lower blood pressure; control nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy; reduce the intensity or frequency of headaches, including migraines; reduce or eliminate fears, stress and anxiety; treat pain during childbirth and reduce labor time; control pain during dental and surgical procedures; treat and ease the symptoms of asthma.  

How Does Energy Medicine Work? The reason energy medicines work so well is that they help you create a different energy pattern in your body and in your brain at the cellular level.  That’s why they are called energy medicines.  With these techniques you can change the messages your brain sends to every cell in your body.  Energy medicine processes do not require drugs, so they cause no side effects. Many energy therapies allow clients to access alpha and theta brain wave states.  In these states, people are able to experience deep physical relaxation as well as increased mental focus.    

When in alpha and theta brainwave states, clients begin to use whole-brain processing, instead of using just one side of the brain or the other, as we habitually do.  With this whole-brain focus and synchronization, you can enjoy easily focused attention and enhanced learning abilities, as well as creative solutions and even euphoria.  Sudden insights into previously over-whelming problems are common in the alpha and theta brain wave states.

By helping you to access synchronized brain wave patterns, energy medicines create a brain-body link which allows your brain to be open to concepts and practices for managing pain or habits that are normally beyond waking consciousness or control.  You can then work with Dr. Zimmerman to create effective solutions.

For instance, someone with chronic pain can learn to turn down pain like the volume on a radio.  Clients dealing with addiction can learn effective processes that help them in the moments of crisis and also experience deep healing for the issues that caused the addiction in the first place.  People who suffer from panic attacks can learn new response techniques so that in the future they have greater control over these feelings. 

Research:  Energy Medicine Works for Chronic Pain

Through brain-imaging technology, researchers are finding that energy medicine techniques can significantly and consistently decrease the experience of chronic pain.  Studies indicate that 75 percent of clinical and experimental participants with different types of pain can obtain substantial pain relief through energy medicine.  Researchers doing brain scans of chronic pain sufferers while in these states found that the patients’ brains showed significantly reduced activity in the area of the brain responsible for the experience of pain.  This indicates that these techniques work because they actually produce a physical effect on the brain.  By allowing clients to access alpha and theta brainwave states, energy medicines help people manage the experience of their pain, resulting in perceivable pain relief.