How to Relax Stiff, Arthritic Joints

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How to Relax Stiff, Arthritic Joints

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By Christine Wheeler, MA

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) routinely provides relief to people who

live with the symptoms associated with a hundred different illnesses ?

including the seriously debilitating swelling, pain and stiffness from

rheumatoid

arthritis (RA). These symptoms can make even the simplest movements ? like

rising from a chair ? feel like a struggle.

EFT is a new procedure that borrows from the much heralded discoveries of

Albert Einstein (everything, including your body, is composed of energy) ? AND

? from the ancient wisdom of Chinese acupuncture. In essence, EFT is an

emotional version of acupuncture except that needles are not necessary.

Instead,

certain release points are stimulated by tapping them with the fingertips.

Further, the basics of EFT can be learned by anyone and can be self-applied

(usually in minutes).

According to the founding principles of EFT, at the root of all physical

pains, illnesses and syndromes are unresolved emotional issues or disruptions

in

the body's subtle energies. EFT does not claim to eliminate the disease, but

EFT certainly seems to eliminate the body's excessive reaction to the

disease. After EFT, stiffness, swelling and pain subsides, making room for the

rheumatoid arthritis sufferer to gain some quality of life. EFT makes having

rheumatoid arthritis more tolerable.

Eric Robins, MD states? " Someday the medical profession will wake up and

realize that unresolved emotional issues are the main cause of 85% of all

illnesses. When they do, EFT will be one of their primary healing tools .... as

it

is for me. "

Raul Vergini, MD illustrates the unique link between the emotions and pain

in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.

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Raul Vergini, a medical doctor in Italy had great success using EFT with

Maria, who had been suffering with rheumatoid arthritis for five years. Her

illness had advanced quickly and her hands, feet, and jaw were already deformed

and painful.

She had surgery to correct some of the jaw deformity and she continued to

have pain from that surgery ? on top of her already intolerable pain. She

typically used anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) or cortisone so she could get

out

of bed in the morning.

Maria walked with difficulty in a " robot-like " fashion and could not rise

from a seat without supporting herself. The rheumatology specialists told Maria

that her case of RA was severe and that it would get progressively worse.

She did not have much hope for relief, much less recovery.

Dr. Vergini established that the onset of Maria's illness came at a time

when she was in severe conflict with her father, a man who had humiliated her

constantly since childhood. Since getting RA, her stress and humiliation

continued at the hands of a teacher who berated her repeatedly. During this

time,

her health and her joints degenerated quickly as did her self confidence.

Meanwhile her stress levels increased proportionately.

Dr. Vergini did EFT with Maria to soothe the emotions regarding her feelings

of humiliation. As the emotions soothed, so did the stiffness. Maria

estimated that after forty minutes of EFT, her stiffness was 50% better and she

was

walking with less difficultly.

When Maria returned for a second visit, some of her stiffness had returned.

But it had not regressed to its pre-EFT level. Another 90 minutes of EFT

eliminated the neuralgia in her jaw that had been bothering her since the

surgery. The stiffness in her joints abated even more and suddenly she was

walking

" correctly " ? not with the robot-like stiffness from before.

A surprised Maria rose from her seat without support, excited with her

progress. She was transformed and full of joy when she left the office. Her

friend, shocked to see Maria's walking with a new stride exclaimed, " it's a

miracle! " .

 

For the first time since being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis,

Maria felt like there was some hope for her condition.

Dr Vergini reported, " I too was surprised of the great improvement, and I

had the confirmation of how much our emotions can influence our physical

health, and of how powerful EFT can be, even in these very severe physical

diseases. "

After four sessions of EFT Maria summed up her improvements as " PERFECT! " .

During these sessions, they only did EFT on the emotional troubles in her life

? they never did EFT on the symptoms. Maria reported:

* Much less pain during night allowing her to sleep well

* No fever

* A small increase in body weight

* No more need to bandage the wrists to reduce pain

* A bit less swelling in fingers

* Maybe a little less deformation in fingers which now could be moved

more freely ? and in the " right " direction

* Less swelling in feet

* Eliminated pain from a " growing bone " into the heel with no more

growth of the bone

* Great improvement in stiffness and mobility in the pelvis allowing

her to walk in a nearly normal way

* Eliminated pain and neuralgia in the jaw which appeared after the

dentistry and surgical work to fix the deformed jaw

Please note that, in addition to improving rheumatoid arthritis with EFT, we

have found it to be a consistently effective healing tool for hundreds of

other physical, mental and emotional ailments. For more information, you can

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the thousands of

success stories that we have collected from people who have effectively used

EFT to eliminate their fears, phobias, emotional traumas and physical

ailments.

While a complete description of EFT is beyond the scope of this article, you

can learn all the basics from the free EFT Get Started Package, including a

free download of the _79 page EFT Manual_

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Please consult qualified health professionals before putting EFT into

practice for yourself or others.

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