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Schechters methodical approach in which he helps the reader separate the wheat from the chaff by showing how the mind tyrannizes the body by using thoughts to create stress which is manifested through pain. See all 15 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Trusting download healing back pain mind body connection. In those years i have tried chiropractic therapy, stretching, exercises, heat, ice. Someone who i trust recommended his book, saying it cured their back pain and spasms pain that kept them in bed for days so i took a punt and read it in an afternoon. P a in and the mindbody prescription sarnos hypothesis p ain and the mindbody connection o we know anxiety, depression, anger can exacerbate chronic pain conditions o what if they are the cause of them. Healing back pain the mindbody connection dr sarno has found out that a greater part of the diseas es of the back have psychical causes. And yet 99% of the doctors treating back pain wont admit or tell the patient that there is a mind body connection that could be the source of. Sarno is a medical pioneer whose mindbody approach has helped patients overcome their back conditions without drugs or dangerous surgery.
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