Paperback: 150 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (September 22, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1489525831
ISBN-13: 978-1489525833
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #254,424 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #86 in Books > Medical Books > Pharmacology > Pain Medicine
This is the kind of book that we all need 5 copies of handy. Really! We all know people that have Chronic pain at one time or another in their life and this may just be the most inspiring gift for them. I have known about Dr. Sarno's medical work for many years, but this book is really the journey of a patient perspective which is a totally different experience. We so often feel hopeless and alone while facing such physical struggles. I highly recommend this moving book of support. Thank you Steve for having taken the time to share your story with such transparency and dedication. F. Heymans
A new book by Stephen Conenna, a civil engineer, Use Your Mind to Heal Your Body, tells his compelling story about how he healed from 15 years of chronic, severe back pain after reading Dr. John E. Sarno’s book, Healing Back Pain. His back pain began when he was an undergraduate student and became so intense when he was in graduate school at Columbia University in New York that some days he could not even get out of bed.MRIs identified two herniated discs and physical therapy and surgery were prescribed. He had both, undergoing being strapped on a rack and his body being almost pulled apart, and cortisone injections six times. Nothing relieved his pain until a friend told him to real Dr. Sarno’s book. That led to attending sessions with Dr. Sarno and his associate, psychotherapist Dr. Edward Sherman.Conenna says he came to accept the TMS theory that our pain is caused by repressed emotions, and that his began in his childhood. His “Inner Child” “ah-ha” moment of self-discovery was when he reflected on his upbringing by a stern father which led to him developing a strong need to be liked, and for others to like him. His “goodism” and a lack of understanding about his relationship with his father led him to becoming pain free. He came to realize that his problem was not with his father and that they did love each other. His problem was how he felt about himself for having feelings of anger about his father that led to unconscious rage that caused his back pain. Once he discovered that, he was healed, and has been for the past fifteen years.His book is a highly-recommended read on how little we know about our “Inner Child” and how fast we can heal once we discover and come to terms with it.Walter Oleksy, Glenview, IL
This is a great short book about recovery from chronic pain. It's short but very effective. It describes a patient's healing from chronic back pain using Dr. Sarno's method. What's very useful about this book is the section describing how to journal in order to find feelings you didn't realize you were repressing. Compared to other TMS books this book does a much better job describing an effective method of journaling. Ultimately this type of journaling should help you to accept your feelings. I'm still at the beginning of my healing journey and I use the journaling style outlined in the book daily.I also found the question and answer format in part of the end of the book to be very helpful. It answers questions that you're sure to ask along your healing journey. I keep rereading certain sections of the book to make sure I'm on the right track.
I saw Dr Sarno many many years ago and found that his system worked… I then proceeded to forget about it. Then I came across this book which is really far more useful. Everything is explained in Really easy terms. The fact that the author uses his own personal experiences makes a big difference also. Much easier to relate to… I tried doing the mental work but it didn't really help for a while as I wasn't REALLY being honest with myself… Once I truly became honest my pain disappeared. I've been in chronic back pain for decades! This is Amazing!
It!s an exellent book. The Sarno's theory under the patient vision. I recomend this reading, it's a real person with real pain in a real world. Through its pages, the author proves that the solution is in our hands. The structure flows with the colloquial form and shows a brave man who found the way to live in armony with all his own life. It's not easy but definitely it's possible if we can accept open our mind and heal our body.
Half of this book comes straight from Dr. Sarno's Healing Back. It was short: only about 127 pages in 16 font. It seemed like something you do in high school when you make the font larger to make the paper longer. If the font was 12, I doubt the book would even reach 100 pages. It was not worth the money. Author Conenna added little to the topic Mindbody. I then purchased Dr. Sarno's The Mindbody Prescription and this book offers more on the topic of Mindbody.
If you've read Dr. Sarno's work, this book takes it to the next level. Mr. Conenna, brings you into the world of having extreme back pain and being a patient of Dr. Sarno. The natural skepticism & doubts that go along with new ideas, what he did to get past them and cure his back problems. If you have severe back pain and haven't looked into Dr. Sarno's work I highly recommend that you read The Divided Mind by Dr. John E. Sarno and this book by Stephen Conenna. They may be the only thing you need to end your back problems forever.
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