MRI

Many people hate enclosed spaces and avoid elevators, walk-in closets and MRI scans. There is something about having to get an MRI that triggers claustrophobia in a large segment of the population. This is a real problem for nurses and technicians who struggle with frantic patients. Emotional Freedom Technique, EFT, is an energy healing tool that can help patients have a positive MRI experience. In December 2010, "Magnolia" a spunky seventy year old woman in great health scheduled a session to work on a specific fear: she had been having migraines and her doctor suggested an MRI to rule out a brain tumor. She was terrified of being inside the machine and having to lie very still. She said she didn't like to be in tight, closed spaces and didn't want to do it! We had been working together for some time with EFT, Emotional Freedom Techniques, and we had already worked on her fear of illness and of brain cancer. We worked through a childhood episode of accid...

It is extremely important for a person to make sure that their health is the best it can be. This means eating healthy foods, exercising correctly, and getting enough sleep each night. However, sometimes even doing these three things is not enough, which is why a person needs to see their doctor at least once a year. A preventative scan, such as an MRI scan, might be used in order to determine whether or not a person has a medical condition. Short for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, this scan is a way to check the body for various irregularities without using dyes or the potentially harmful radiation that traditional x rays use. Instead, in addition to magnets, an MRI scan uses computer technology as well as radio waves to scan the body and produce pictures. These pictures are considered to be very detailed, which of course helps the technician as well as the doctor to determine what, if any, irregularities are present. As progressive as an MRI scan is in terms of the techno...