I had a private conversation with Dr. Howard Shubiner who is one of the few doctors that treats TMS. He told me that mainstream medicine - (despite all the technicalogical advances of the past 10 years) - is NO MORE SUCCESSFUL TODAY IN TREATING BACKPAIN THAN THEY WERE 10 YEARS AGO.
He then told me that no technology exists yet to properly diagnose most back pain.
My takeaway...it's not about the nuts, bolts, scalpels and needles folks.
The term he used was this...
"Emotional events cause physical events." Blushing, sweaty palms and butterflies in the stomach are all proof of this.