What is IBS?  

Irritable Bowel syndrome is a common digestive disorder. Perhaps 25% of the population are affected but nobody really knows because of the embarrassment in asking for help...

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Symptoms & Causes of IBS

Stress is a major factor in IBS. Sufferers have a bowel that over-responds when stressed. Messages received from the brain cause the intestinal muscles to expand or contract... 

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Hypnosis for IBS

"Hypnosis may be an effective, long-term therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)", according to a new study that has been published by the British Medical Association...

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What Clients Say

"I'm performing better at work and I'm becoming more confident.  I'm also able to laugh at myself more, IBS stems from silly, outdated experiences and there's too much to look forward to..."

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What the IBS specialists say...

"Greater use of hypnotherapy to ease the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome would help sufferers and might save money, says a gastroenterologist."

Dr Roland Valori, editor of Frontline Gastroenterology, said of the first 100 of his patients treated, symptoms improved significantly for nine in 10.

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Professor Peter Whorwell from the University of Manchester School of Medicine has been studying hypnosis for IBS for around 25 years and told BootsWebMD that the new studies back up his own findings: "These studies confirm accumulating evidence that hypnotherapy is an effective treatment for patients with irritable bowel syndrome and that its effects are sustained in the long term."