The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain
The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain Books
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Since the publication of Healing Back Pain, Dr. Sarno has learned vital new in rank about the psychology of emotionally-induced corporal conditions. He is now able to bestow a set of precise theories on when, where and how emotional factors result in on corporal symptoms and, based on his experience, how this administer can be reversed.
In his last book, Dr. Sarno clarified how TMS, or Tension Myositis Syndrome, is a major cause of back, neck and shoulder pain. He now shows that the treatment that works to lessen or alleviate it can be used on peptic ulcer, colitis, tension and migraine headache, hay fever, asthma, and a host of other disorders.
In this new book, he discusses a number of new pain disorders that have become the basis for disability. Called RSD, or Repetitive Stress Disorders, they are part of TMS. They include carpal tunnel syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome, rotator cuff tear, bursitis, tendonitis of the shoulder and elbow, and pinched nerve in the neck.
Case histories are used to illustrate both the psychology and mechanics of treatment in this new and noteworthy addition to the theme of pain.Amazon.com Review
Dr. John Sarno caused quite a ruckus back in 1990 when he suggested that back pain is all in the head. In his bestselling book, Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection, he claimed that backaches, slipped discs, headaches, and other chronic pains are due to suppressed rage, and that once the cause of the rage is addressed, the pain will vanish. Relieved Amazon.com readers call this book “liberating” and say “it sounds too excellent to be right, but it is right.” Sarno has returned with The Mindbody Prescription, in which he clarifies how emotions including guilt, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem can stimulate the brain to manufacture corporal symptoms including fibromyalgia, repetitive strain injuries, migraine headaches, hay fever, colitis, ulcers, and even acne. If these psychosomatic problems all sound a small Freudian, what with the repression of emotions in the unconscious, it’s because Sarno unapologetically borrows from Freud for the basis of his theory and cites childhood trauma as a major source of emotional problems. He also says that his program is a “talking cure” of sorts, since patients must be convinced their pain is rooted in their emotions before healing can start.
The book reads a bit like psychology text, with Sarno quoting from psychoanalytic theorists including Heinz Kohut and Graeme Taylor and the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition). Sarno walks through the neurophysiology of mindbody disorders, lists the symptoms of dozens of disorders that he believes are emotion-based, and offers a basic program for overcoming psychosomatic pain and illness. His recovery plot includes meditation and sometimes psychotherapy, including behavior modification, and stopping any tablets or corporal therapy. Even as Sarno’s thoughts seem radical, they were commonly implemented earlier in the 20th century, when psychoanalysis was at its peak of popularity, and they promise to become more accepted in our current era of alternative medical therapies and rage management. –Erica Jorgensen
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Even as I certainly agree that a negative attitude can impact an illness and that having a positive forward thought attutide and not a self-defeating one is very vital in treatment the thought that negative thouths or attitude can cause illnes is total bunk! I’ve been striken with 3 auto immune illnesses for 11 years now and I was pleased and healthy before them- I didn’t have any negative attitudes UNTIL I became ill and in constant daily unthinkable pain! Who is this author to talk about something that he has no first hand knowlage of!!!
Even as there is no lab lest for Fibro (or CFS) there is an elevated level of subsance P in the spinal fluid in Fibro patients, as well as several other scientif studies confirming it;s scientific existnace. It’s not IN OUR HEADS!!!!
We fight enough battles for excellent research and excellent help from books we don’t need to be discredited at every turn!
Rating: 1 / 5
I really have found mind/body approaches very helpful in dealing with my medical problems, but this book is really terrible, the least effective approach I’ve seen. Given how helpful mind/body approaches can be, I find it sad that this book, which only works on a limited subset of chronic pain patients, is the only approach that is well advertised. The vast majority of people I know who read this book did not find it helpful. It’s basically a placebo which doesn’t work if you are scientifically minded. Dr. Sarno has no grasp of the scientific method, statistics, or experimental design.
Rating: 1 / 5
Dr. Sarno suggests that most chronic pain is of a psychogenic nature (caused by unconcious, repressed emotions). Being psychogenic also means being psychosomatic, so he is literally saying that for most cases it’s all in your head. His claims are based frequently on speculation and are unscientific. It is right that emotions do contribute to chronic pain, but Dr. Sarno is suggesting that the emotions are the _primary cause_ of the chronic pain and not just a contributing factor. Because emotions due contribute to the pain, his emotional treatment does appear to help (to some extent) for a small number of people. Since you can check this out of your local library for free, it’s at least worth a try even if the chances of it working are slim. In other words, give it a try, but don’t hold your breath.
Rating: 2 / 5
Ever have a cramp in ur leg? Was there anything phyically incorrect with it? Probably not, but the pain was sure real. Something in ur small brain small circuited and caused the extreme pain! READ THIS BOOK!
Rating: 5 / 5
much in rank for me to absorb. Am reading it a second time. Will comment more at a later date. I am interested in contacting someone in southern Orange People, California, with whom I may possibly consult. Am interested in lectures etc. Appreciate your input. THANKS!
Rating: 5 / 5