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Summary: This book changed my life!
Review: I'm usually a skpetic and remain skeptical to this day. However, the first few chapters of Sarno's book described me in alarming detail. After approximately 3 months of selling myself on his "cure," I have been relatively pain free for several years. I have learned to deal with the onset of back pain through techniques described by Sarno.
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Summary: Loved by doc/brain-author who is usually a skeptic...
Review: Usually very suspicious of books that reach popular media on pain problems. Perform acupuncture in a pain clinic and see lots and lots of back pain. Sarno covers this in an accurate way, offering alternatives to narcotics and surgery that are worth trying. Only comment is that there are many variations of back pain and the type described although very common is not the only one. May I suggest "The Care and Feeding of Your Brain" as a companion book in helping you understand how pain problems occur, and how you can optimize your brain to help deal with treatment options...all the best to Dr.Sarno...Kenneth Giuffre',MD author, "The Care and Feeding of Your Brain"
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Summary: It Works
Review: If you can be perfectly candid about yourself and honestly assess your emotions and personality-and how you relate to the world-this book can work miracles. Simply reading it is the cure to chronic pain, because Sarno leaves you no loopholes. If, however, you insist that your pain is a physical phenomenon (therefore not your fault) and not emotional, then Sarno's book won't help. Of course, I'm assuming anyone with chronic pain has had thorough medical exams to eliminate possible serious illnesses. If that's the case, then you should check out Sarno.
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Summary: Incredible!! It Works!!
Review: As a healthcare professional, I was very suspicious about this idea. However, last night after suffering through a gridlocked 6 hr. round of golf with my body wrecked in pain, I caught the conclusion of a 20/20 interview with Dr. Sarno. I gamely tried a suggestion one of the interviewees presented. Lo and behold, an hour later I caught myself running up the stairs. No pain at all. In all candor, I am truly embarrassed to disclose this, but it works. This morning, I tested myself again and have full range of motion. Irony of this disclosure, I haven't bought the book yet!!
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Summary: This book changes lives and leads to knew discoveries.
Review: As a Two-Spirit Shaman, a Chi Gung Master, and the author of one of the best-selling Chi Kung books in print (Chi Gung: Chinese Healing, Energy, and Natural Magick), I am always looking for new books to help me in my intuitive, feminine based healing practice and work with plants, animals, and people. Using energy work (Chi), it is indeed possible to help heal a tremendous variety of disorders ranging from hiccups and sneezing fits to infertility, strokes, and ovarian cancer. What John has done with his book is to tap into one aspect of healing, specifically, back pain, and he shows how the mind can indeed help you to take responsibility and help to heal yourself. Once you learn how to use his techniques to help to heal your back, you can apply the knowledge he has shared with you as you explore other books and other esoteric healing methods that can teach you to adopt this type of technique to virtually any healing situation as well as to even apply it to almost all areas of your life from health and fitness to personal relationships, careers, and recreation. Read this book. It will open doors for you that you can then enter to discover the unlimited possibilities of healing using the mind and body connection.
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Summary: A well-written book that offers more than just hope
Review: Healing Back Pain is a wonderful book that offers hope to many who have run out of options. The main focus - that many back problems are caused by stress - is something Dr. Goliszek in his books (60 Second Stress Management is his latest) has been preaching for years. I've used this book, along with the very effective and simple stress management techniques in Goliszek's book to rid myself of back problems I'd suffered with for a decade. I highly recommended them.
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Summary: Pleaaaase read this book!!!!!
Review: OUTSTANDING!!!! I heard about this book on ABC's 20/20 a few months ago. After I only read the first 26 pages I started feeling better and within a couple days my chronic low back pain was gone and has not appeared eversince. In the meantime I am enjoying life, playing with my children like I've never done before, playing tennis again and doing all kinds of things that I could have never even imagined before in the last 10 years. Thank you Dr. Sarno!!
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Summary: This works for other body pains!
Review: I originally heard about this book by watiching the 20/20 segment about Dr. Sarno's theory. I have suffered abdominal pain and indigestion for years with little relief from medications, diets, etc. After hearing about this mind-body theory, I applied it to my abdominal pain and within one week I was pain free. In fact, I've had almost no indigestion or abdominal pain in the months since - and now eat almost anything I desire!!
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Summary: This book gave me back my life!
Review: For five years I have suffered from the most horrible neck and shoulder pain. I used to play tennis and golf on a regular basis before my pain commenced. I also used to sleep on my stomach, which provided me with a very good nights sleep. I quit tennis, golf, and sleeping on my stomach (therefore having 5 years worth of insomnia). Within one week of reading this wonderful book, I am totally cured. I played tennis 3 times last week and 18 holes of golf. However, most importantly, I sleep on my stomach and get a great, fantastic nights sleep! I am pain free for the first time in 5 years! I constantly talk about this miracle provided by Dr. John Sarno to anyone who will listen. My life is back thanks to him. I have been thanking God for Dr. Sarno everyday since I read his book. Thank you, Dr. Sarno!
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Summary: What Do You Have To Lose?
Review: I didn't believe this at all; I am EXTREMELY skeptical and analytical. I figured this was all psycho-babble. I had back pain every single day for a year, and was ready to try almost anything; my quality of life was very very low. I read the book, and after about 4 weeks I felt MUCH better....not perfect, but MUCH better. I don't know if it would have gotten better anyway. I don't care. I feel better.
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