Spinal Stenosis

The Mind Body Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain

If you are a John Sarno fan, you must be jumping for joy at a second book on back pain. John Sarno is most famous for his first book, ‘Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection'. This was a book that caused a lot of controversy amongst patients and medical practitioners. John Sarno claimed that back pain was all in the mind. In his first volume, he stated that many people suffer from back pain because they have underlying emotional or psychological problems. He explained that if these problems were solved first, the back pain would reduce or disappear all together. Many people suffering from spinal stenosis found this first volume liberating.

John E. Sarno returns with a second volume ‘The Mind Body Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain'. In this volume he explains how our emotions and feelings can lead to spinal stenosis and other back problems. He states that negative emotions such as guilt, depression, anxiety and low self esteem can be manifested as physical symptoms as a result of the stimulation of the brain. Many times these emotions are expressed as back pain, ulcers, acne, injuries and migraine headaches.

John E. Sarno goes a step further to explain how repression of these emotions and the experiences that cause them can cause even further health problems. He presents a health program in this book to help those who suffer from pain find physical healing through mental and emotional healing. This is a good read for those with and without pain as it offers insight on how to avoid these conditions as well as manage them.

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The Mind Body Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain.
Book review published June 23^rd, 2011
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