I have noticed recently that several of my patients have never heard of EFT (aka the Emotional Freedom Techniques). Perhaps they had seen the acronym on a side bar of my newsletter but never inquired further. Others are aware that my wife Alina is only one of a few certified trainers of EFT in the world with Dawson Church, director and EFT Universe, one of the three most primary certifying organizations. The rest of you may wonder what EFT and Chiropractic have to do with each other and how could they possibly be used in a mutually supportive way. I figured that it was about time for me to answer that question.
As a chiropractor, I most commonly look to my patients? needs as to how I can assist them in reducing pain and increasing their body?s function. Chiropractic has always focused on removing nerve interference so the body can better heal itself. That idea goes all the way back to DD Palmer and chiropractic?s inception. Coincidentally, I overheard Alina just the other day explaining EFT as a way of removing energy interference in the body that when present, reduce the body?s ability to heal. Hmmm, how similar is that? EFT is also referred to as an emotional version of acupuncture, but without needles. It is wonderful as a self-help technique that can be learned and used on ones own, whereas chiropractic adjustments should never be self-administered.
So one might ask why I would ever use a technique that may reduce the need for my services? The simple answer is that some physical issues I view as primarily mechanical, with an emotional or energetic component intertwined. Other patients present pain from stress, life patterns or behaviors that are primarily caused by past behaviors that no longer serve them that need to be witnessed and transformed into something new. EFT is fabulous for achieving that.
To give you an idea of when I use EFT, here are a few examples. Recently a patient came in with the recent onset of migraines, which began just as their husband started having panic attacks. Another was suffering from anxiety and stress to the point that the he felt that his head would explode and he had an upcoming long airplane trip and a coinciding fear of flying. Another came in with chronic back pain that he noted increased when he thought of anger associated with a recent marital separation. The intertwining relationship of physical ailments with emotional stresses are infinite.
Too often patients were told that their symptoms were in their head. This was not a complimentary diagnosis, and basically meant that the symptoms were psychosomatic, or that the physician figured that the patient was ?making it all up.? Psyche (mind) and Soma (physical body) are of course related, how could they not be? The moment you have pain, you have a thought about it and then often follows an emotion, which then causes neurotransmitters to be released in the brain which then resulting in hormones being released into the bloodstream which then has a physiological affect on things such as heart rate, blood pressure, immune response, etc. So of course our physical condition and psyche journey together.
So, how do I decide when to put on my chiropractic hat and when do I slip on my EFT hat? There are no rules, just intuition. Sometimes, I utilize it when what I thought would help is not helping sufficiently. Sometimes I feel that there is something not being said and it is a way for a patient to share something important that they did not feel was relevant to their presenting complaint. In any of the ways it presents, the use of EFT almost always surprises me with its ease and its effectiveness.
Craig Weiner, D.C.
The Chiropractic Zone
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