The Healing Back Pain Book

Since reading Dr Sarno's books (I'm half way through the Healing Back Pain book) I've had headache, backache, neckache, sciatica ... very odd really since these are things that I rarely experience. (I'm busy telling my brain to deal with suppressed anger and that I no longer need spasmodic dysphonia and tinnitus.) I did go paddling in a canoe the other morning but the last time I went, I didn't have any of these symptoms. No doubt my brain is being challenged by what I've been reading and it is trying to tell me something. There must be some validity to Dr Sarno's theory of Tension Myositis Syndrome. What an interesting area of research and study.

When you think about it, we all have the ability to become deeply aware of what our brain is telling us to do, the emotions and feelings we experience and how they impact our body hence life. So many other things come into play that lead to distraction and throw us off the track of being in tune with our body.

The main thing that I have picked up from the books is that we need to learn how to deal with our fear, angry and resentment and not suppress it. It seems to be that this suppression into the subconscious is where the problems begin to fester.