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dwinsor52
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 Posted - 05/30/2007 : 07:15:39
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I just read the new Newsweek cover story on pain, and it is so disturbing that there is not one mention of the mind/body connection.
Millions of people are going to be reading that their chronic pain is a result of misfiring of the brain after an injury. In other words, there is nothing they can do except take drugs. |
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Stryder
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Posted - 05/30/2007 : 12:42:28
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I think this is the part (see below in italics) you are referring to. I can see how real trauma can have a memory pain. But for brain/self-inflicted induced pain, the medical/industrial complex doesn't "get" TMS yet. However, I was happy to see the reference to spinal fusion as a non-cure. -Stryder
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That's not to say pain is all bad. It's unpleasant, of course, but in an evolutionary sense, it has its uses. Acute pain begins in the peripheries of the body, where sensory neurons are constantly on patrol for signs of damage. They are the mechanisms that alert us to one injury so we can avoid a second one. Touch a hot stove for the first time and you won't be happy, but you'll ultimately be better off—because you'll certainly never want to do it again.
By the time it has become a chronic condition, however, pain is no longer useful. It is, as Rowe says, a disease—specifically, an overactivity of the nervous system. The brain keeps a diary of the injuries the body receives, writing each entry by reconfiguring certain neurons into new, interconnected patterns. In healthy people, these neurons stop firing once the initial damage is fixed. But in chronic pain, they keep going long after the injury has healed. "The circuits get turned up, and they stay up. They get stuck," says Gallagher. "Most diseases are physiology gone wrong. Pain is one of them."
Scientists don't know why some people develop chronic problems after injuries while others continue on with no pain. It is nearly impossible to answer the question on a wide scale; pain simply has too many causes. Some patients fully recover from massive trauma. Others, like most of the boomers with aching backs and knees, find themselves debilitated by nothing more than the accumulated, mundane strains put on joints, bones and muscles every day. Even soldiers can fall into this second category—if the bullets don't get them, the back pain brought on by months of jumping out of trucks, burdened with heavy equipment, well may.
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Some of the most promising pain treatments of the past decade have turned out to be disappointments. Studies of some radiofrequency therapies show they work no better than placebos. Spinal-fusion surgery, a recent review found, has "no acceptable evidence" to support it. And if a treatment does work, says Edward Covington, a pain specialist at the Cleveland Clinic, "for most people, the effect is temporary." There is no cure for chronic pain, period.
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Full story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18881802/site/newsweek/page/0/
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shawnsmith
Czech Republic
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Posted - 05/30/2007 : 13:09:22
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It's a free advertisement for lie-ro-practors and other snake oil peddlers and the huxsters in the chronic pain industry. Criminals, everyone of them.
*******
Sarno-ize it!
Do you have a pain-prone personality?
http://www.bradyinstitute.com/aboutBook/painProne.asp |
Edited by - shawnsmith on 05/30/2007 13:10:38 |
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sonora sky
USA
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Posted - 05/30/2007 : 13:12:14
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Originally posted by Stryder
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There is no cure for chronic pain, period.
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Full story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18881802/site/newsweek/page/0/
Wow. "Period"?!? Just because "doctors" can't figure out the answer means that there isn't one? So, we'll just tell them that they're all doomed. How's that for spreading "truthiness"? Luckily, there are some that will resist being fed this crap.
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shawnsmith
Czech Republic
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Posted - 05/30/2007 : 13:13:49
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They do not want a cure. Billions of dollars are being made. Until we are willing to wag our fingers right in their faces and call them pain nazis then they will continue on with their lies.
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Sarno-ize it!
Do you have a pain-prone personality?
http://www.bradyinstitute.com/aboutBook/painProne.asp |
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drziggles
USA
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Posted - 05/30/2007 : 15:08:20
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| You guys should be writing polite, erudite letters to the editor at Newsweek, not griping here--we're already convinced! |
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shawnsmith
Czech Republic
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shawnsmith
Czech Republic
2048 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2007 : 16:12:20
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Here is my letter to Newsweek:
Dear Newsweek Editor,
How could Mary Carmichael (June 4 - The Changing Science of Pain) leave out mentioning Dr. John E Sarno who has written 4 books on the topic of chronic pain and has helped thousands of patients recover from chronic pain with no surgery or drugs? I highly recommend she read his latest book "The Divided Mind" which is the culmination of over 50 years of his medical practice. In addition, Dr. Scott Brady has written a superb book tiled "Pain Free For Life." He shares the same ideas as Dr. Sarno and has also helped numerous patients fully recover from their pain symptoms. Both of thier methods are based upon sound clinical practice. Yes, there is hope for those who suffer but not in the existing medical establishment with their narrow-minded paradims which they work and think in.
Shawn Smith
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Sarno-ize it!
Do you have a pain-prone personality?
http://www.bradyinstitute.com/aboutBook/painProne.asp |
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tennis tom
USA
4749 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2007 : 19:09:15
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Sounds good SS, not that I'm a perfectionist or anything but I'll hi-lite a few spelling corrections:
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Originally posted by shawnsmith
Here is my letter to Newsweek:
Dear Newsweek Editor,
How could Mary Carmichael (June 4 - The Changing Science of Pain) leave out mentioning Dr. John E Sarno who has written 4 [four] books on the topic of chronic pain and has helped thousands of patients recover from chronic pain with no surgery or drugs? I highly recommend she read his latest book "The Divided Mind" which is the culmination of over 50 years of his medical practice. In addition, Dr. Scott Brady has written a superb book tiled "Pain Free For Life." He shares the same ideas as Dr. Sarno and has also helped numerous patients fully recover from their pain symptoms. Both of thier [their] methods are based upon sound clinical practice. Yes, there is hope for those who suffer but not in the existing medical establishment with their narrow-minded paradims [paradigms] which they work and think in.
Shawn Smith
*******
Sarno-ize it!
Do you have a pain-prone personality?
http://www.bradyinstitute.com/aboutBook/painProne.asp
Some of my favorite excerpts from " _THE DIVIDED MIND_ " :
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2605
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electraglideman
USA
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Posted - 05/30/2007 : 21:26:44
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| This kind of crap is all over the internet also. Here's an exsample, go to www.drudgereport.com and scroll down and click on "Laptops crippling millions with back problems". Drudge is one of the busiest websites on the internet. How many will come down with back pain after reading this? How many lawsuits will be filed? Makes me sick to think about it. |
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Jim1999
USA
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Posted - 05/30/2007 : 22:40:06
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While Newsweek may not have mentioned Dr. Sarno this time, give them credit for having mentioned him before: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4767783/site/newsweek/. (Dr. Sarno is mentioned at the end of the article.) How many major news organizations have done even one story about him?
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carbar
USA
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Posted - 05/31/2007 : 06:39:02
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Oh, thanks for the heads up!
Yes, folks, let's all write letters! If they get a little puddle of Sarno mail, maybe one will get published. And maybe it will encourage some one on staff to learn more and write a Sarno story one day!
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shawnsmith
Czech Republic
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Posted - 05/31/2007 : 14:24:05
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Thanks TT for the spell check. I just dashed it off before doing that myself.
To Jim1999- Until Dr. Sarno's name and work is mentioned in every single article on chronic pain our battle is not over.
Write, write, write!!!!!!
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Sarno-ize it!
Do you have a pain-prone personality?
http://www.bradyinstitute.com/aboutBook/painProne.asp |
Edited by - shawnsmith on 06/01/2007 10:27:15 |
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whitris
USA
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Posted - 06/01/2007 : 11:28:03
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| The Diane Rehm Show (NPR) just had a show on costs in the health car system, with no mention of the costs of treating all these chronic pain ailments. I emailed the show and the panelists about Sarno. The word will eventually get out if we keep a steady stream of this up. |
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Allan
USA
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Posted - 06/01/2007 : 14:33:02
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Why not send a copy of your Newsweek email to Dr. Sarno?
Allan. |
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shawnsmith
Czech Republic
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Jim1999
USA
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Posted - 06/01/2007 : 22:42:47
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Originally posted by shawnsmith
To Jim1999- Until Dr. Sarno's name and work is mentioned in every single article on chronic pain our battle is not over.
Of course, but what does that have to do with my posting? |
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