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Healing Back Pain

The Mind-Body Connection

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Healing Back Pain

By: John E. Sarno M.D. M.D.
Narrated by: John E. Sarno M.D. M.D.
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Do you have back, neck, or shoulder pain that keeps recurring or won't go away? Does back pain keep you from living a full life? If so, you may be suffering from TMS (Tension Myositis Syndrome)—and you don't have to take it anymore!
Dr. John E. Sarno is a medical pioneer whose mind-body approach has helped patients overcome their back conditions—without drugs or dangerous surgery. After identifying stress and other psychological factors in back pain, he demonstrates how many of his patients have then gone on to heal themselves without exercise or other physical therapy. With case histories and the results of in-depth mind-body research, Dr. Sarno's Healing Back Pain describes how patients recognize the emotional roots of their TMS and sever the connections between mental and physical pain.

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“My life before Dr. Sarno was filled with excruciating back and shoulder pain. For twenty years I also suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder and thought my back pain was due to my height or some sort of spine problem and that my OCD was a chemical imbalance and only treatable with medication. But all my thoughts were wrong. Imagine the miracle in my life when in a matter of weeks my back pain disappeared. Imagine my shock when I applied Dr. Sarno's principles and never suffered a single symptom again. Quite simply - I owe Dr. Sarno a lot.” —Howard Stern

“For fifteen years, my life revolved around my back. I took time off from work, conducted meetings lying on the floor and slept with ice bags. Could this be psychogenic? I had considered Dr. Sarno's ideas preposterous, but ten years ago I was talked into seeing him. I haven't had back problems since. If Dr. Sarno is right a about other psychogenic pain, America is wasting billions of dollars. What a tragedy.” —John Stossel, correspondent, 20/20

“John Sanro has changed my life and the lives of all the people to whom I have recommended him. He was healing patients with the mind-body connection long before anyone else I know. He is a true miracle worker.” —Ann Bancroft
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As someone who has worked in the medical imaging industry for over 30 yrs trying to find structural causes of pain and watching my colleagues performing interventional procedures to alleviate pain, I totally believe this story. Think of the billions of dollars that could be saved from healthcare costs if these techniques became mainstream.

The power to heal ourselves with a little education on the impact of suppressed negative emotions!

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A great way to explain why we suffer body pain. I am now in a lot less pain and look forward to being completely pain free.

I am now 90% pain free.

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wow. I expected little. recieved more than I could have every imagined. thank you ! touch wood 🪵🔥

wow. I expected little. recieved more than I could have every imagined. thank you !

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This is a must read for chronic pain or anxiety. Although Doctor Sarno is no longer with us I am very grateful that others have continued his work.

A different perspective on pain

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who would have thought there would be another way to understand pain, to approach the very idea of no pain is wonderful! I am full of new knowledge to have a happy and healthy life without pain killers and physical intervention. I am the master of my own body 😍🤩👍

Life altering realisation!

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