Aspire Therapy Blog

IBS and Hypnotherapy

IBS Awareness Month may be drawing to a close, but for many people diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome the suffering will go on.

This month we have featured articles on IBS and we thought we should conclude with a brief outline of the treatment programme that we offer.

IBS: The Holistic Approach

It is estimated that up to one in four people in the UK suffers from IBS, or Irritable Bowel Syndrome at some point in their lives.

This is an alarming figure when you consider that the medical profession are not sure of the causes of the condition and do not have any agreed programme for treating it.

Although classed by the NHS as non-serious - this on the basis that it is not life-threatening - it can have an extremely damaging impact on the quality of life of those who endure it.

Not only can it be very painful and have significant physical side-effects, the sheer persistence of it can gnaw away at a person’s feeling of well-being and confidence, affecting their ability to go about their life in a normal way.

April is IBS Awareness Month

April is IBS awareness month and to mark this we will be featuring some items on this common complaint over the coming weeks.

IBS, or Irritable Bowel Syndrome, affects a large percentage of people and after the common cold is one of the most frequent causes of absence from work.

Across the globe the proportion of the population suffering from the complaint is estimated at between 9% and 23%, depending on location.

If you are not among this group of sufferers then you may not appreciate just how debilitating IBS can be and what an impact it can have on quality of a person’s day to day life.