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The Mindbody Prescription

Healing the Body, Healing the Pain

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The Mindbody Prescription

By: John E. Sarno MD MD
Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
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 Learn how to relieve chronic pain for good with this life-changing New York Times bestselling book.

Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional. Musculoskeletal pain disorders have reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with most doctors failing to recognize their underlying cause, leaving patients desperate–and still in agonizing pain. Dr. Sarno reveals how many painful conditions–including most neck and back pain, migraine, repetitive stress injuries, whiplash, and tendonitises–are rooted in repressed emotions, and shows how they can be successfully treated without drugs, physical measures, or surgery.

Broken down into three sections, Dr. Sarno takes the reader through the psychology, physical manifestations, and treatment of Mindbody Disorders.

Informative and accessible, The Mindbody Prescription is a revelatory book that gives hope to long-sufferers of physical pain–that they may regain a feeling of comfort and safety in their bodies.

"My life was filled with excruciating back and shoulder pain until I applied Dr. Sarno's principles, and in a matter of weeks my back pain disappeared. I never suffered a single symptom again...I owe Dr. Sarno my life."" - Howard Stern Alternative & Complementary Medicine Marketing & Sales Naturopathy & Holistic Medicine Pain Management Physical Illness & Disease Sales & Selling Health Mental Health Medicine Marketing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Self Management Pain Science

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"He has cured thousand....I recommend this book highly."—Benjamin J. Saddock, M.D., professor and vice chairman, Department of Psychiatry, NYU Medical Center
"My life was filled with excruciating back and shoulder pain until I applied Dr. Sarno's principles, and in a matter of weeks my back pain disappeared. I never suffered a single symptom again....I owe Dr. Sarno my life."—Howard Stern
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My story: I haf crippling RSI in my right hand that then moved to my left hand. It was getting so bad I could barely pick up a glass of water let alone drive. Work was agonizing but I needed the cash to pay for bills and the only treatment that gave temporary relief acupuncture. I got acupuncture every week for a year at $150 a session. Expensive!!!

After I read the book: Something deep clicked. 1 week into listening to the book (before I had finished ) I cancelled my acupuncture appointments. I was still in agonizing pain but through following the guidelines in this book I was able to fix my RSI. I only wish i had listened to it sooner! It is well worth the time and the small investment to buy and listen to this book.

This Book Healed me

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Just starting my journey on trying to get rid of TMS. Seems plausible. Desperately hoping it works.

Hope it works!

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Very impressive take on the mind body connection. How the unconscious mind can create illness to distract the consious mind. kudos to Dr. John Sarnos for sharing this knowledge.

Revealing book

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This book was a great introduction to the Mindbody connection, which was pioneered by the author. although it's quite old now, I enjoyed the book very much. it lays out the foundations of how physical pains and symtpoms can be generated by the unconcious mind and therefore easily resolved with brain training techniques etc. I found some of the explanations quite speculative but that's cause there just wasn't much science available then. The ideas still hold up today and this book is a good entry into this space.

A Mindbody Connection Classic

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This book is life changing and Dr Sarno is amazing! I couldn’t be more grateful for this Dr and all his research about our mind and the aches, pains and ailments we suffer.

Excellent

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Dr Sarno should be a household name. 20+years of migraines cured from an audiobook! Just but it!

Dr Sarno should be a household name.

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Good for understanding what’s going but not what to do about it.

The last chapter was most useful to me as a patient. The preceding chapters probably useful to academics, therapists or patients new to the concept.

Good for understanding what’s going but not what to do about it

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I’ve read the other two books. Good books. But I was looking for a “prescription“ of exercises to try. but it turns out, just like his other books, it’s just more of different explanations of how the problem works without talking about solutions. The only solutions mentioned were – see a psychiatrist, and read the other books. They need to change the titles of his books to “explanations of how back pain is caused”. Or, “TMS theory”. Using words like “healing“ and “prescription“ is misleading,

The same as the other two books

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