Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 616.0472 EAN: 9780446675154 ISBN: 0446675156 Label: Warner Books, Inc. Manufacturer: Warner Books, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 210 Publication Date: October 01, 1999 Publisher: Warner Books, Inc. Sales Rank: 5847 Studio: Warner Books, Inc.
Product Description: Contending that most pain is psychosomatic, the author reveals how the emotions act on the brain to produce physical ailments and offers a therapeutic program focusing on reducing negative feelings.
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 anger, and that once the cause of the anger is addressed, the pain will vanish. Relieved Amazon.com readers call this book 'liberating' and say 'it sounds too good to be true, but it is true.' Sarno has returned with The Mindbody Prescription, in which he explains how emotions including guilt, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem can stimulate the brain to manufacture physical symptoms including fibromyalgia, repetitive strain injuries, migraine headaches, hay fever, colitis, ulcers, and even acne. If these psychosomatic problems all sound a little 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 begin.
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 plan includes meditation and sometimes psychotherapy, including behavior modification, and stopping any medication or physical therapy. While Sarno's ideas 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 anger management. --Erica Jorgensen
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Rating: - Yeah, Right, Like This'll Work!
If you're like me, you've heard about Dr. Sarno's book and his philosophy on healing certain pains and disorders and you said to yourself with much sarcasm, "Yeah, right, like this'll work!" Well, I'm here to say, yeah, indeed right...this works!
In these tough times I've been under a bit more pressure at work, and pressure at work means often that the stress comes home with me. A huge mistake that of course only adds to the tension I am so trying to eliminate. So my philosophy was try not to think about the stress, and things will be fine.
Then suddenly a few months ago I started developing a pain in my upper back and lower neck. I'm thinking, geez, I must have pulled something or I'm just getting old. The pain persists and gets worse. Some days I strain to even move my head. I'm thinking that I better go see a doctor, but I know the outcome of that: MRIs, catscans, maybe physical therapy, ... Read More
Rating: - From Mike Warren
This book has brought me more relief from my back pain than the surgery I had a couple of years ago.Physical therapy and rehab were a waste of time.I got no relief what-so-ever.I felt hopeless.My Dr. suggested this book to me and we discuss it on a regular basis.It's working.I will not claim it a cure all but the tools I've learned from the book have been very useful to me.Thank you Dr. Sarno for writting this book.
Rating: - The Mindbody Prescription
Anyone in chronic pain daily or intermittently needs to read this book. Dr. Sarno has done a lot of research to back up his incredible theory. People report complete healing from following the protocol in his book. Change your life, read his book and if you need help visit a hypnotherapist.
Rating: - The Mindbody Prescription
This is a very interesting book with an interesting premise. The author states that all pain in your body that persists after injury, or even without injury, is caused by unresolved emotional pain. We hypnotists have been saying this for years, but his cure is a little different. He says that your mind thinks it is easier for you to have physical pain, and is protecting you from having to relive those traumatic memories by distracting you with intense pain.
Any one who has pain should read this book, and use it to heal their painful memories, or go to a hypnotist or EFT practitioner if they can't get relief on their own.
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