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Eliminate Back Pain and Other Ailments By Eliminating Fear & Stress

Back pain, fear and stress, by Indira Abby Heijnen, photograph by Rodolfo Sanches

Photograph by Rodolfo Sanches

Reclaim control over physical pain by understanding its connection to emotional fear and stress

A friend just texted me because her back has gone into acute spasms. She’s in a lot of pain and afraid.

I knew exactly what she was talking about, since only a few weeks ago I had experienced a very similar situation and I was afraid, too. Why do we go to that place where ‘fear’ lives when we have an issue with our back? To answer this question,

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