IBS — Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS, also known as spastic colon, is a poorly-understood condition. If you suspect you have IBS, see your doctor, who can give you a proper diagnosis.

IBS is characterised by stomach pain and other symptoms.

There is no known cure for IBS, but certain things are known to make it worse. Once the doctor has eliminated the obvious possibilities of parasites and disease, we know that poor diet, stress and tension all make IBS worse, sometimes much worse.

So, there are several things you can do to ease the symptoms.

• Medication: Your doctor would prescribe this.
• Diet: A dietician or nutritionist would be best placed to advise you.
• CBT: Helps to provide coping mechanisms.
• Hypnosis: Helps to relax and to relieve stress.
• Massage therapy and other relaxation therapies: help to relax.
• Certain probiotics: Helps the digestive system.

Hypnotherapy is effective with IBS in a few ways. It helps to relax you and to reduce your stress levels; many people have found that this alone makes a huge difference. Some sufferers find it hard to change their diet, and hypnosis can help with the motivation.

In short, IBS has no magic wand, but a combination of various methods helps to ease the symptoms significantly.

If you cannot come to see Paddy for your problem, you may want to consider an MP3 download for IBS.

Call 01865 429135 or email with your questions.

This website for hypnosis in Oxford is available for people to learn more about hypnosis and hypnotherapy for various issues and solutions. For hypnosis for IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) or spastic colon you can browse these pages. Hypnosis can also be used for taking control of other problems or issues, especially when used together with other therapies, such as hypnotherapy, self-hypnosis, NLP and EFT.