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Effects of vestibular & neck proprioceptive stimulation on posture as a function of hypnotizability



Previous studies on the role of hypnotizability in postural control indicate that the body sway of subjects with high or low hypnotizability to hypnosis is differentially modulated by eye closure. The aim of this study was to investigate whether hypnotizability also modulates the postural response to electrical vestibular stimulation and to head rotation in nonhypnotized individuals. The center of pressure (CoP) displacements were monitored in highs and lows standing on a stabilometric platform with closed eyes during basal conditions and electrical vestibular stimulation in 3 different positions of the head. Results showed that the CoP stimulus-locked displacements as well as the CoP mean position, area, and mean velocity were similar in highs and lows, but only in lows did the head position modulate the mean velocity. This finding might reflect a difference in sensory-motor integration between the 2 groups.

Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2008 Apr;56(2):170-84. Santarcangelo EL, Scattina E, Orsini P, Bruschini L, Ghelarducci B, Manzoni D. University of Pisa, Italy.

Paula Shaw, C.A.D.C.



Paula Shaw is an expert in Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Be Set Free Fast (BSFF), Tapas Accupressure Technique (TAT), Chakra Balancing, Allergy Antidotes, healing gemstones, fragrances, Reiki, meditation and visualization. She also uses therapeutic breathing, her proprietary Conscious Healing and Repatterning Therapy, (CHART)™ and On-the-Body Frequency Imprinting Systems™. The goal of every session for Paula is to identify the client's negative patterns that are creating their issues and shift them within that session.

As director of outreach for the Grief Recovery Institute, Paula instituted the first weekly grief recovery support groups in the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys. She then entered private practice and developed Beyond Loss, a grief support and training program for lay people who are grieving, nurses, social workers, and therapists. This program provides training in the skills to complete grief and/or work with sick, dying and grieving people.

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Paula Shaw is a graduate of Long Beach State University, where she received a BA degree. She later attended Loyola Marymount University where she advanced her studies to become a Drug and Alcohol Abuse Specialist and a Certified Grief Specialist. Grief became a central focus of her work, because it is a critical issue in addictive and dysfunctional behavior.

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