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| Michele |
Posted - 05/23/2006 : 16:04:31
I attended a fascinating presentation on Tanzanian women on Mother's Day, held at my church. The slide presentation showed these beautiful women in brightly colored clothing going about their day. Their day is spent doing hard labor, mostly bending over working in the fields, and carrying heavy, heavy loads on their heads. The presenter then said, "You see very little back pain in Tanzania, but here in the U.S. it has become epidemic." All the women in the pictures were smiling and enjoying themselves. To me, this was a true testament to the accuracy of TMS here in this country. None of us are subjected to the back-breaking labor that these women are performing day after day, and NONE of us are carrying 100 lb. baskets of fruit, water, and supplies on our heads, yet so many people have aches and pains.
I wanted to kiss the presenter for pointing out the lack of back pain in these women!!  After the presentation I told him I was fascinated with his observation about back pain. He said maybe the women became stronger because they had done all this hard work from the time they were young girls. Unfortunately, I didn't have a chance to tell him about Sarno because too many other people wanted his attention.
Just an FYI, interesting tidbit! |
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| milo |
Posted - 05/24/2006 : 22:34:52
hi I am after info about Homer McDonald, what does he do that is not in his book?
I am separated and want to reconcile but need the tools. PLease help
Milo |
| HilaryN |
Posted - 05/24/2006 : 13:07:03
Yes, very interesting.
From a non-TMS point of view the argument would probably be that people in the U.S. spend hours sitting and that our bodies aren't designed to do that.
What's often struck me as well is that they don't bend "the correct way" as we've been taught - they bend at the waist, which we've been told is bad for our backs and more likely to cause injury.
Hilary N |
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