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rad1687
USA
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 Posted - 06/22/2007 : 00:27:09
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| Is it still possible to meet with Dr. Sarno himself and listen to him lecture? Has anyone read Ronald Siegel's Mind Over Back Pain? |
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mikescott_98
USA
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Posted - 06/22/2007 : 06:22:11
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I have read Sarno's first book with that title Mind Over Back Pain by John Sarno
I think it was originally published in 1982. |
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mizlorinj
USA
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Posted - 06/22/2007 : 07:26:30
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Yes he still practices. He will see you if you live in the tri-state area (NJ/NY/CT). I saw him in January.
The fee you pay (some is covered by most insurance) covers the visit, lecture and forum. Before making an appointment he has a very brief conversation with you to see if you're open to accepting your pain or problem as TMS.
I am happily recovered from TMS after "doing the homework" he prescribes.
-Lori |
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mikescott_98
USA
49 Posts |
Posted - 06/22/2007 : 08:45:59
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| I have not purchased it but there is a DVD with the lecture on it. Do a search for the healingbackpain as one word and it should come up. |
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janez76
Slovenia
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Posted - 07/03/2007 : 15:39:11
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| Is it possible to contact dr. Sarno by e-mail? What is it? |
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skizzik
USA
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Posted - 07/03/2007 : 18:25:50
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no e-mail, but you can call at 212-263-6035 and his most polite secretary  will tell you that you can mail him at
400 E. 34th st.
NY NY 10016 |
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mikescott_98
USA
49 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2007 : 07:05:56
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After responding to this on 6/22, I did purchase the video on e-bay. It is 2 , approx 1 hour, VHS tapes (I dusted off my old VCR and hoped for the best). Seeing him give the lecture makes you appreciate how much he believes his theory.
The first tape he explains TMS and tells the 10 or 15 patients why the previous diagnosis given by their doctors were wrong. It was sort of funny, but understandable, how most of them originally thought that "their" situation was different...The question "Doctor Sarno, I was diagnosed with_____. Are you saying that this is TMS?" would come soon AFTER he lised it as TMS or equivalent. They were listening, but in denial that they are the same as his other thousands of patients.
The second tape he explains the treatment.
I am sure I have read it in all his books, but until he explained it in the lecture, I did not understand that his original definition of TMS (which only referred to muscles) only affects the back. Only the back and neck MUSCLES are affected. All other pain in arms and legs are either nerves or tendons that are deprived of oxygen.
Someone was questioning that since his back was basically healthy, how much weight could he lift? With out hesitation Dr. Sarno said, "If you can lift it.....you can lift it." I got a chuckle out of that.
If anyone who has actually seen Dr. Sarno as a patient and has also seen the video, could you please comment on the accuracy of the lecture as compared to the actual visit? Another question to anyone that has been treated by Dr. Sarno. Is the study guide given at his lectures more than a single page fold out brochure or more like a book? The one included with the video is the brochure type.
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h2oskier25
USA
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Posted - 07/12/2007 : 07:13:11
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Originally posted by mikescott_98
If anyone who has actually seen Dr. Sarno as a patient and has also seen the video, could you please comment on the accuracy of the lecture as compared to the actual visit? Another question to anyone that has been treated by Dr. Sarno. Is the study guide given at his lectures more than a single page fold out brochure or more like a book? The one included with the video is the brochure type.
I can't help but think this is a little bit like you thinking you have to hear the treatment "just right" or it won't be effective.
Aaaah, the predictable TMS gremlin using Obsession as a distraction tactic . . .
Best Wishes,
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Fredarm57
USA
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Posted - 07/12/2007 : 17:10:59
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Dr. Ronald Siegel's book is called "Back Sense" and I have found it quite helpful. He takes a more relaxed "zen" like approach to the pain which I think is useful to those like me who didn't have a quick resolution of TMS.
Fred |
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mizlorinj
USA
490 Posts |
Posted - 07/13/2007 : 06:53:51
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Mike: The treatment plan he currently gives out (at least the one I got in January) is in The Divided Mind--pretty much word for word. The one in the video is not the current treatment plan.
His lectures currently cover more symptoms and equivalents than they did on that 1999 video. TDM covers many of these as well.
I agree that the video shows his conviction for what he believes, and that was something that struck me when I met him. I have to say I really appreciated it! It wasn't typical doctors with "it could be" this or that, "try this". . . It was "you have TMS", and you either believe it or you don't and will recover in accordance with your own acceptance of your having TMS.
Happily I accepted it and followed the treatment plan writing my little hands off, and am recovered. I can bend, sit for long periods of time, etc. which I could not do back in December as I was in agony.
-Lori |
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mikescott_98
USA
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Posted - 07/16/2007 : 07:16:33
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Lori,
I agree that the video is focussed mostly on back pain and slightly dated; I believe all of the patients shown were there mainly because of back pain. He did list the equivalents and and spent some time explaining them, but I wish he would have went more in depth on them as he did in TDM.
I feel the video is a good investment if you are trying to get a stubborn person (that will not read one his books) introduced to the theory. |
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Does Sarno still practice?
