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Paul
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tennis tom
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 Posted - 12/23/2006 : 19:30:13
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WOW, thanks for that! I predicted years ago on this forum, that when the bean counters figured out that profits could be made by sending pain sufferers to group therapy rather than to surgery, TMS would be embraced by mainstream medicine. Actually not embraced but forced upon them by the business of medicine. The surgeons are gonna' hate this--it's gonna' cost them at least one vacation home and a new Jag--no more golf--it's back to tennis.
What's truly astonishing, (not really), is that NO where in the article is Dr. Sarno, the Good Doctor, even mentioned. He has only been saying this for 30 years and written 4 books on the exact same subject. He has been hiding away in that obscure media outpost called NYC.
What would be really interesting, would be, for someone to do a study on the politic$ of medical $cience and why it has ignored the fact that homo sapien sapien has this stuff called gray matter in the cerebellum that seems to cause stuff to happen on ocassion in the far reaches of bodyspace.
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Dave
USA
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Posted - 12/24/2006 : 10:08:48
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Not only is Dr. Sarno not mentioned, they don't even question why psychological treatment can reduce actual pain.
But at least they don't go in the other direction and claim the relief is all in their heads ;-) |
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MikeJ
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/24/2006 : 14:34:13
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""We need to specifically target health care system administrators and third-party payers to try to engage them in a more productive dialogue about the importance of these interventions," Kerns said in a statement."
That's great news! Even if Sarno isn't mentionned (yet), I think that's a step in the right direction. |
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Stryder
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Posted - 12/24/2006 : 14:52:38
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Kerns hopes to "get the word out" that psychological treatments are effective and cost-effective for people who suffer chronic low back pain.
This guy is not going to be very popular at "the club" anymore. Hope he has been investing his money instead of spending it on the Jag. It would have been nice if the Good Doctor had gotten a mention for the credit he deserves.
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Edited by - Stryder on 12/24/2006 14:54:40 |
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Look at this Yahoo Article...sound familiar?
