Healing Back Pain

About this book

This New York Times bestseller reveals groundbreaking research on back pain and TMS (Tension Myoneural Syndrome)--and how you can become pain free without drugs, exercise, or surgery. Dr. John E. Sarno's 's program has helped thousands of patients find relief from chronic back conditions. Dr. Sarno teaches you how to identify stress and other psychological factors that cause back pain and demonstrates how to heal yourself--and remain symptom-free. Find out: -Why self-motivated and successful people are prone to Tension Myoneural Syndrome (TMS) -How anxiety and repressed anger triggers muscle spasms -How people condition themselves to accept back pain as inevitable With case histories and the results of in-depth mind-body research, Dr. Sarno reveals how you can recognize the emotional roots of your TMS and sever the connections between mental and physical pain ... and start recovering from back pain today.