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Article: Prescription: Hypnosis
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- October 22, 2007
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Catherine Rosensteel had a lot going on in her life six years ago
when she learned that she needed hip replacement surgery.
"My hip was falling apart, and I couldn't have been more
distressed," said Rosensteel, an artist from Hempfield. "I was
worrying about the future and ruminating about the past, and I was
obviously in emotional as well as physical distress."
She was in pain, and her blood pressure was so high that it
almost kept her from having the surgery. And like many people who
are under stress, Rosensteel realized that sometimes she was either
panting or holding her breath.
Then Rosensteel met Dr. Phil Kearney, an optometrist with an
office in South Greensburg who used hypnotherapy ...