Summary of John E. Sarno's The Mindbody Prescription

By IRB Media

Get the Summary of John E. Sarno's The Mindbody Prescription in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Musculoskeletal pain disorders have reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with most doctors failing to recognize their underlying cause. In this acclaimed volume, Dr. Sarno reveals how many painful conditions-including most neck and back pain, migraine, repetitive stress injuries, whiplash, and tendonitises-are rooted in repressed emotions, and shows how they can be successfully treated without drugs, physical measures, or surgery.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Dec 9, 2021
• ISBN: 9781669343424

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The problem of pain has become, since my graduation from medical school, a major epidemic in most of the industrialized countries of the Western world. The diagnosis and treatment of these disorders is now a gargantuan industry.

#2

The author, a physical therapist, began to doubt the validity of the conventional diagnoses and treatments of the neck, shoulder, and back pain. A closer look revealed that back muscles, from the back of the head to the buttocks, were primarily involved. This confirmed the work of all those through the years who described what they called fibromyalgia, fibrositis, or myofascial pain.

#3

Physical symptoms, such as back pain, can be a sign of emotional distress. It is important to identify and deal with these symptoms in order to feel better.

#4

The author, by the 1970s, had come to the conclusion that the majority of neck, shoulder and back pain syndromes, as well as the pain often seen in the legs and arms, was due to a psychologically induced process, making it a psychosomatic condition.

#5

The author was the first to point out that the symptoms of the disease are caused by a lack of oxygen to the tissues, and that this can be treated by providing the brain with oxygen.

#6

The backache has always been a form of tension, but up until recent times, doctors have largely ignored it.

#7

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