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Healing Back Pain promises permanent elimination of back pain without drugs, surgery, or exercise. It should have been titled Understanding TMS Pain, because it discusses one particular cause of back pain--Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS)--and isn't really a program for self-treatment, with only five pages of action plan (and many more pages telling why conventional methods don't work). According to John E. Sarno, M.D., TMS is the major cause of pain in the back, neck, shoulders, buttocks, and limbs--and it is caused not by structural abnormalities but by the mind's effort to repress emotions. He's not saying that your pain is all in your head; rather, he's saying that the battle going on in your mind results in a real physical disorder that may affect muscles, nerves, tendons, or ligaments. An injury may have triggered the disorder, but is not the cause of the amount or intensity of the resulting pain. According to Sarno, the mind tricks you into not facing repressed emotion by making you focus on pain in the body. When this realization sinks in ('and it must sink in, for mere intellectual appreciation of the process is not enough'), the trick doesn't work any more, and there's no need for the pain. (Healing Back Pain should not be used for self-diagnosis. Always consult a physician for chronic or acute back pain.) --Joan Price

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: 4.49 out of 5 stars

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- It Absolutely Works . . .
I was a bit sceptical at first, about reading this book. But reviews, TV specials, etc. made me feel that I had to.

A year ago, I incurred incredible back and leg pain, and was ultimately diagnosed with a herniated disk. At the time, I decided not to opt for surgery, but to take the physical therapy route. My pain subsided, but never really went away. I had to always sit with a special back pillow, and had to often stand at meetings so I would be comfortable.

Dr. Sarno's book described me, my personality, and my pain to a tee. His recommendations and "cure" were so strong, that halfway through a plane flight on which I was reading the book, I removed my back pillow from the seat - I haven't used it since.

3 weeks after reading the book, I'm completely pain-free, ... Read More

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- This book gave me my life back!
I have had back pain for 15-20 years and was having debilitating sciatica in my left leg, when I happened to see a 20/20 special on Dr. Sarno in March 99. I had been bed riddened for five weeks, on pain killers and anti-inflamatories, unable to perform any normal activities. I listened to what Dr. Sarno had to say and he was talking about me! I read his book which furthered my belief in TMS and my life has been better since. I saw my nero-surgeon, while reading Dr. Sarno's book, he said my CT Scan showed a bulged disk, an herniated disk, and a floating fragment. He scheduled me for a visit to the pain clinic and if that didn't work, SURGERY. I was also going to physical therapy. Within days of reading Dr. Sarno's book: I stopped therapy, did not go to the pain clinic, did not have surgery and was ... Read More

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- This booked saved me!
This is an amazing book! I was suffering from severe back pain which I blamed on excessive weightlifting. I was told that I had a herniated disk. I went through months of physical therapy yet was still in excruciating pain. I even missed 6 months of work. I had epidurals done as my doctor advised, still nothing helped. My last resort was getting surgery which I had scheduled. Fortunately I came across Dr. Sornos book, read it, and within 1 month I was pain free. That was 4 months ago and I am very active, working out 5 days a week, and have never felt this back pain again.
This is all true. My pain was horrible. Often bringing me quickly to the floor because of its intensity and it was too painful to stand. Do yourself a favor. If you have back pain, read this book!

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