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 The Miracle of Honest Science January 19, 2008
J. Johnson
I suffered from chronic lower back pain for over half a year before reading this book. I am only about a third of the way through it and am already almost completely healed.
It is nice to see that medical science is finally becoming science (again): self-transcending, undogmatic, honest in acknowledging the subject as always-already the foundation of faith/reason (for the two are here conflated) in any seeking of ('objective') truth which is not 'out there' but rather 'right here', at the core of consciousness itself, and capable of birthing much stronger physiological concomitants than the modern western mind is typically prepared to acknowledge. Indeed, the greatest medicine (self-Knowledge) is free and sets free, but requires the courage to face oneself in a most radical way. "Error is not blindness; error is cowardice."
MUST read this book if you have back pain December 11, 2007
Kerri Knox - The Immune System Queen! (San Francisco)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I heard about Dr. Sarno from a friend who said that his back pain was completely cured after he read this book. I later picked it up for another friend with back pain and ended up reading it before giving it to him. It's such a revolutionary concept that its almost fantasy fiction. I continue to give this book to anyone with chronic back pain. Last year, my boyfriend's back went out, he got an MRI and the surgeon recommended immediate surgery for his ruptured disk. I made him read the book and he felt a bit better. Three months later he was doing jiu-jitsu and yoga without surgery! Read it before you do any invasive procedures, go to a doctor or get an MRI. It just might cure you.
CURE all pains in the neck... December 8, 2007
Patrick J Sullivan (BKLYN, NY USA)
After this book takes care of your back aches, read Dr Sarno's other books to fix additional pains in the NECK ;) !
 Try other treatments December 2, 2007
Reviewer (USA)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I believed the concepts in this book for sometime but it did not help me in long term. I would recommend trying other alternative treatments such as "Pain Free" by Pete Egoscue.
Five Year Update December 1, 2007
M. Trivisonno (Miami, FL USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Dr. Sarno, who I first heard about on the Howard Stern Show, has developed a fascinating and incredibly helpful tool for the elimination of pain: your own brain. I purchased the video tapes and hoped for the best. But by this time I had been experiencing extreme pain for years. Pain so bad I would have welcomed amputation of the offending limb. At times I was unable to move my head and stupid things like turning to look behind while backing up the car was turned into a circus of pain and weird body contortions.
Nothing I did used normal, fluid body motions. Everything caused pain. I couldn't even lean over the sink to brush my teeth. Lifting my neck to shave below the chin was unthinkable. Sitting too long made my low back ripple with waves of pain. Standing to long made my back hurt. Sometimes my jaw would hurt so bad I wished I could just rip it from my face. My legs would pulsate with deep, deep pain that roamed from my butt all the way down to my toes. It was insane. I was miserable.
I had done all the things I could think of, chiropractic, massage, acupuncture, braces, straps, ointments, unguents, creams, lotions, magnets, hot rocks, salts, and more. An endless search for the relief of pain seemed to consume much of my time.
It was with a skeptical mind that began Dr. Sarno's prescription. And I meticulously followed all the Doctor's advice. And slowly over a period of weeks and months, my pain was slowly removed. It took time and it took introspection, repetition, perseverance but it was not difficult. And just watching the video the very first time had an amazing effect.
It has been five years and I am still pain free. I think about it sometimes and I am amazed. I have gone from spending hours doing "therapeutic" neck exercises to rowing a mile every day. And as I continue to add more physical activities, I am gloriously thankful to Dr. Sarno. I have resumed normal daily activities. I bend, twist, jump, lean, sit, stand, walk, run, and climb and the only thing I get is sore muscles.
If you are at your wits end and just wished the pain would go away, just to melt away for once, then try this Doctor's prescription.
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