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The Tinnitus Relief Program is suitable for those who have chronic tinnitus (longer than 6 weeks) and have not obtained any relief from medical treatment or other therapies. It enables them to undertake solving their situation themselves and is thus a self-help program, but one throughout which counseling and guidance are given.
If you have been to a doctor and he finds no apparent reason for the tinnitus, which is usually the case, he will quite likely tell you, "you will just have to learn to live with it". That's right, but what you have NOT been told is how you can do this. Here is where the Tinnitus Relief Program can help you, to learn how to live without it.
Despite all the medical research, the mechanism causing tinnitus sounds to be heard when there is no apparent reason is still not understood, and this is why there is no satisfactory therapy. In experiments on rats it has been found, for example, that salicylates (aspirin contains one of these compounds) cause tinnitus, but exactly how is not known, and so some researchers call tinnitus a "phantom sound". Phantoms, however, cannot be banished by medical therapy. But, phantom or not, tinnitus is very real to those who hear it.
TRP combines a modern and clinically proven method of stress reduction with the central principle of traditional Chinese medicine, "chi", which practically applied not only in acupuncture, moxibustion and herbal treatments but also in the Chinese and Japanese arts of Tai Chi, Chi Qong, Zen, Kendo and Aikido, which means non-violent defense. Many of the exercises in TRP are used in the latter, others in Zen. Chi means the general life energy which flows through the body along the "meridians", regulating functions and growth, When its flow is blocked this causes sickness. Chi also means breath, these two aspects being inseparable. Chi also stands for the emotions and, as understood today, the functioning of the neurohormonal systems. When the flow of chi is restored "blockages" in these are freed.
The exercises, when carried out in the right spirit. free body and mind from blockages of chi, leading to development of the state of "mindfulness", which in turn relieves tinnitus.
TRP reduces sensitivity to the inner sounds by eliminating focusing on them, the method being that of "mindfulness training", which has been scientifically and clinically proven, the exercises restoring the chi. No medication or "masking" devices are used.
The first stage of TRP is to gain an understanding of tinnitus, which reduces the anxiety, irritation and other negative emotions which it so often causes. The next stages are to make improvements in wellness and management of noise, sleep and social and work stress. A series of graded exercises follows, carried out every day and adjusted to suit the patient's needs, progress, and how well reacts to each one. With practice the state of "mindfulness" is reached, which means being aware of what is happening in both body and mind without reacting negatively to it. Both mind and brain return to their normal state of not hearing tinnitus sounds.
On subscription to the Program the patient receives a comprehensive handbook explaining tinnitus and the exercises, which are illustrated with photographs. A daily program of exercises suited to needs and progress is then worked out. Guidance and counseling are given by e-mail as required for a period of three months.
Where medical treatment is needed, TRP is a valuable addition but not a substitute.
In 70% of cases the tinnitus is overcome in three months, always providing that the Program is carried out
consistently.
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