Chronic pain plagues millions of people, and the widely accepted medical solutions have mixed results. Medication is costly. It can be both expensive and riddled with persistent side effects. Those who suffer from chronic pain are often forced to make a choice: live with chronic pain, or chose a lesser pain or uncomfortable side effect. What about natural solutions? Isn't there a way to employ the power of the mind to release healing chemicals that are just as effective, without the cost or toxic side effects?
Patrick K. Porter, PhD, has developed a new series of creative visualization and relaxation (CVR) processes designed to help eliminate chronic pain quickly, easily, and best of all, naturally. Dr. Porters Pain-Free Lifestyle CVR program helps those who suffer from chronic pain employ the most powerful remedy they have " their own mind.
Dr. Porter's Pain-Free Lifestyle program utilizes thirteen individual CVR sessions to focus on all aspects of pain management. "Activate Your Mental Pharmacy," the second session of the program, teaches a listener to naturally relieve pain and discomfort from their body. Instead of using expensive and sometimes toxic pharmaceuticals, Dr. Porter leads the listener through an exercise that uses the power of their mind as an alternative solution. (Of course, CVR should be integrated into a total pain management plan, and medication should not be discontinued without discussion and approval of a medical doctor.)
Relaxation is immediate during CVR and when in this state, the mind opens to change. While listening to "Activate Your Mental Pharmacy," triggers are created in the mind of the listener. These triggers signal the brain to release healing chemicals, which remove pain from the body in a quick and natural way. The process also addresses the mental side of pain management by teaching listeners to face their underlying fear of pain. When this fear is released, the listener can truly embrace a pain-free life.
At this point, you may be wondering what these natural healing chemicals are. CVR results in a significant increase of two very important brain chemicals: serotonin and endorphins. An increase in either of these two chemicals brings about a sense of calm and improves the overall feeling of well-being in the body. A twenty-minute CVR session increases endorphin levels by twenty-five percent and serotonin levels by twenty-one percent. Together, the result is relief from pain, improved health, and natural anti-depressant effects.
CVR not only addresses the physical aspects of pain, but also helps one address their mental well-being. Chronic pain can leave sufferers with recurring mental and emotional effects to cope with. Activating serotonin and endorphins calm the body, increase feelings of pleasure and love, increase brain alertness, and encourage a positive mindset by acting as natural anti-depressants.
The key element to this process is relaxation. The listener is lead through a series of relaxation and breathing techniques by Dr. Porter. They become more relaxed throughout the process, and then find it easier to relax and focus when awake. Most are unaware of any discomfort while listening to the process, and this helps them absorb the information provided in the exercise.
Using CVR, chronic pain sufferers can provide instant relief to specific areas of the body by directing the healing brain chemicals released during the relaxation process. Most listeners will benefit immediately, noticing results the first time they listen to Dr. Porter's process. With repeated practice, these healing chemicals can be activated easily and more effectively, providing relief to the exact source of pain within the body.
CVR helps those who suffer from chronic pain make peace with their bodies and use their minds as the solution. Immediately upon using CVR, listeners notice improvements in their lives. Dr. Porter has designed the program to create a positive thought cycle. Each day will be better than the one before and listeners will truly live pain free. When activating what Dr. Porter calls the mental pharmacy, many healthy "side-effects" are also activated. Listeners find themselves craving healthy foods and eating better, being more active and doing exercises that are safe and even therapeutic for their body, and releasing anger and fear so that they can truly be free of their chronic pain.
The process ends with a mental vacation, a place where the listener has the time to relax and enjoy the present moment totally free of pain. Dr. Porter encourages the listener to get used to this feeling. Listeners are learning to activate their mental pharmacy, which he says is an important step in living a totally pain-free life.
Dr. Porter has been working with the creative visualization and relaxation process for over twenty years, helping people to change their minds in order to change their lives. His pain-free program is designed to supplement the care and recommendations of a medical doctor. He stresses that listeners should never discontinue prescription use without first consulting their medical doctor.