John E Sarno, M.D.
1999
http://www.healingbackpain.com/
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This is a very effective book to read if you are suffering from back pain or other chronic pain conditions.

During 20 years of trying to treat cases of back pain with conventional medical prescriptions, Dr. Sarno arrived through trial and error at the conclusion that emotional stress was the culprit in a high percentage of cases. He has proved his case thousands of times by “curing” his patients with a series of lectures in which he explains the physical mechanics of how stress causes pain. However, the medical industry, with lucrative back surgery and massive insurance disability payments at stake, has not been so receptive.

He also wrote Mindbody Prescription. Either book takes the place of the lectures, and many people have cured themselves as a result of simple reading and re-reading his explanations. There is also now a videotape on the website. Healing Back Pain has more detail specifically about back and other muscle and “joint” problems, the second book incorporates more information about other things and therefore is not so focused on back pain. If you have doubts that there could be such a simple reasn for pain, go to Amazon.com and read the reviews of this book!

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