As I sit at my desk experiencing almost no back pain, I’m wondering what took me so long to re-read Dr. Sarno’s book, Healing Back Pain. If you’ve read my earlier posts on this topic, you know that I’ve been incapacitated by severe back pain.

 

About 10 years ago, I had serious back pain and read Dr. Sarno’s book that enabled me to understand the cause of my pain and to heal it. This time, after seeing 3-4 medical people (actupuncture, physical therapy, Osteopath) my wife helped me remember to check out the “back book” again. I had loaned my original copy to a friend and can’t remember who has it. Susanna purchased the book for me last week. I’ve now read it again and as if by miracle, the pain is nearly gone.

 

Here’s the theory:

·       When we have intense emotions like anger or fear that we want to push down, the brain obliges our wanting by decreasing the amount of oxygen going to our back muscles.

·       Once deprived of oxygen, back muscles generate immense pain that cannot be ignored.

·       The victim of this pain now focuses on the pain and not on the blocked emotions.

·       Once we understand what’s going on and start processing the emotions, the pain goes away since it has failed in its effort to block the emotions.

 

So, if you’re experiencing back pain and there’s no known injury or congenital problem with your back, try reading Dr. Sarno’s book. It’s now worked for me…twice!