Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection by John E. Sarno Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
Book Review: Physician: Heal Thyself!
Summary: 5 Stars
Dr Sarno's book is great -- for weak-minded, wealthy, narcissists who love to frequent Park Avenue doctors for the purpose of indulging minor ailments. If you've got real pain, then I humbly suggest you see a surgeon not a snake oil salesman. However, the best medicine for what ails you is laughter; and for that I heartily recommend Dan Wagner's FANtastic book: Getting To Howard: The Odyssey of an Obsessed Howard Stern Fan -- it's definitely a pain-free read.Book Review: It Absolutely Works . . .
Summary: 5 Stars
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, and have actually seen other minor improvements in my health, well-being, and attitude.
If you have back, neck or leg pain that seems to just linger, you MUST read this book. If you believe that standrad medical diagnoses are accurate, and that Doctors' treatments must be followed, do yourself a favor and listen to what Dr. Sarno has to say.
It absolutely works.
Book Review: HONTO NI SUBARASHII (Japanese for "REALLY GREAT!")
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a retired 71 year old theologian/psychologist /minister/missionary. I wish I had read this book 61 years ago. The book really made me rage! Not because of what Dr. Sarno wrote, rather it showed me how I had always suppressed my childhood hurts. Reading the book made me rush to begin jouralizing and getting in touch with all of this anger I had been not only suppressing but displacing onto innocent persons--mainly my family. I rate it as the very best book I have ever read--except The Bible! I am finally beginning to feel all of the hurt, shame and rejection that my back, neck, sciatica, duodenum, and gut have felt for all of these decades. Counseling has helped some, as has heat and exercise, but all have given only temporary relief. THIS IS THE REAL THING!!!! I wish every psychotherapist and every physician in the world would read it! Thanks, Doc! I thank God for you!Book Review: I was always skeptical, but still it worked.
Summary: 5 Stars
My mother saw a review of Sarno in an Andrew Weil book. I was extremely skeptical as most information on back pain led me to believe that few if any so called experts have good answers (I think my reply to my mother was "they don't know anything about the back!") She overrode my negativity and sent me the book. I found it contained the most logical information on the back and back pain that I had ever read. Within two weeks the pain was gone (I was in the middle of a spasm event when I got the book). This was about 2 or three years ago. Since then I have not had a major spasm event or been stopped from any work or play activity from back pain. I used to get layed up 2 or 3 times a year for about two weeks duration before I read the book. I have my own little treatment that I use that is based on the information in Sarno's book. But the chiropractor, physical therapist, and orthopedic surgeon are all out of my life. Also gone is that constant fear that limited my activities; the fear that my back would "go out".Book Review: Worth reading ...... a definite step in the right direction
Summary: 5 Stars
After years of suffering of back and neck pain and being forced into early retirement do to what I now beleive to be TMS I welcome this approach and look forward to a pain free / drug free life Many thanks to the GREAT Dr Sarno and to Howard Stern who made me aware of this GREAT book.