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Bio-energy Healing Science and Surgery
By Shelli Stanger Nelson, Founder
and President
My senior project at Barbara Brennan’s
School of Healing focused on the use of energy treatments in the
surgical setting. I wrote a science-based research project that was
approved by the University of Minnesota’s Institutional Review
Board (IRB). IRB approved studies are valued in mainstream medicine
because this governing body deems the protocol and techniques used in
the research meet a certain scientific standard for human-subject
experimentation.
The results of my research, which was performed on
patients undergoing total joint replacement surgery, are hoped to be
published very soon. Suffice for now to say, however, that the data
showed statistically significant improvement in subjects who received
the experimental treatment in the areas of pain management, strength and
endurance, and range of motion.
The value and validity of bio-energy
therapy was recently illustrated for me personally. Over the course of
the last 25 years, I’ve undergone four abdominal surgeries. During
this past October I needed to add yet another notch to my abdominal
surgery belt and underwent a fifth operation.
As both an advanced
bio-energy healing science professional and a Registered Nurse
clinician, my passion is the integration of the great benefit both
medicine and healing can provide in helping humanity achieve infinite
possibilities. But I never suspected that bio-energy treatments could
act as a detriment! Seemingly, my great results from all the energy work
may have played a role in the need for my most recent surgery.
In
2008 I underwent a kidney transplant. Transplanted kidneys are placed in
the lower abdomen in the front of the body. Surgeons explained to me
that they rely somewhat on the formation of scarring and adhesions to
help hold the new kidney securely in place. Despite the fact that I had
not one but four abdominal operations, I have not a trace of scarring or
adhesions in my abdominal cavity. Surgeons were quite mystified. I,
conversely, was not. I had intentionally used bio-energy healing
treatments to aide in my recovery. One thing in particular I focused on
was preventing my tissues from forming what can be dangerous and painful
adhesions. Apparently my smooth and supple abdominal cavity allowed a
wide open space in which my new kidney could flip, spin and turn. This
undesirable condition put the kidney at risk. In order to fix the
problem, surgeons needed to literally stitch and glue my kidney to the
inside of my abdominal wall to keep it still and safe. If the surgeons
had known upfront that my tissue would heal without the typical scarring
and adhesions, this procedure would have been done at the time of
transplant. In fact, as a result of my experience, the transplant team
at the University of Minnesota is considering the need to change their
protocol if the patient is using bio-energy therapy as a part of their
treatment regimen.
I write this now two weeks
post-operatively. As typical for my post-op recovery, my surgeons are
happy yet curious about my lack of pain and my body’s terrific
resilience. For me, it seems routine. I consistently integrate holistic
healing into my treatment regimen and have come to expect better than
average outcomes.
In my private practice, I see many clients
pre-operatively to prepare the physical body, the human bio-energy field
(HBF) and the Hara for the surgery. My clients and I focus on the
intention and outcome of the surgery, the recovery and always, the
emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of their surgery. Working
pre-operatively, bio-energy professionals can literally prepare the
physical structures and begin the healing process before the surgery
even takes place.
I occasionally work in the operating room during
the surgery. At a minimum, I work with patients in the recovery room and
during the post-operative recovery phase to help the body achieve
ultimate surgical outcomes. Bio-energy work benefits the surgical
recipient by reducing pain, speeding recovery, reducing inflammation and
even improving the rate of incision healing. In light of my recent
surgery, we should perhaps add an additional benefit of reducing or
eliminating debilitating post-surgical adhesions. Be sure to tell your
surgeon your plan to utilize integrative modalities!
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