The Mindbody Prescription

Healing the Body, Healing the Pain

By: John E. Sarno M.D.

Narrated by: Brian Holsopple

Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Dr. John E. Sarno's Healing Back Pain is a New York Times best seller that has helped over 500,000 readers. Continuing the research since his ground-breaking book, the renowned physician now presents his most complete work yet on the vital connection between mental and bodily health....

Musculoskeletal pain disorders have reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with most doctors failing to recognize their underlying cause. In this acclaimed volume, Dr. Sarno reveals how many painful conditions - including most neck and back pain, migraine, repetitive stress injuries, whiplash, and tendonitises - are rooted in repressed emotions... and shows how they can be successfully treated without drugs, physical measures, or surgery. His innovative program has already produced gratifying results for thousands of patients. The Mindbody Prescription is your invaluable key to a healthy and pain-free life.

©1998 John E. Sarno, M.D. (P)2012 Hachette Audio

Worth a read!

this is a very interesting book. it has helped me get through some chronic pain caused by TMS. sometimes it is hard to get through it because it is a lot of data and can lose your interest but the data is also necessary to understand the mind body prescription.

So helpful!

I appreciated having this book on audio so I could listen during my commute. A wonderful resource for anyone wanting to learn about mystery, unexplained pains (TMS!).

Great book

This book has cured my chronic pain. The TMS therapy has helped me get my life back.

Desperation led me here; already paying off

It's been over 6 months since I started having pain that spread all over my body--hands, elbows, toes, ears... I went to the doctor numerous times, saw various specialists, did every test under the sun..and nothing came out to explain what I was feeling. I started thinking maybe I was imagining the pain altogether.

With that in mind and with little expectation, I decided to give this audiobook a shot.. Dr. Sarno assured me that the pain is not imaginary but that there is a way to get rid of it and he explained what steps I could take to do so. I know this is probably too early to report for sure, and ideally I'll have the discipline to update my review later on, but one day after finishing listening to this audiobook and applying some of the recommendations, I feel much better---and feel obligated to write a review.

The performance wasn't the most exciting though I doubt too many people are listening to this book purely for entertainment purposes. I'm guessing most listeners, like myself, have a very strong motivation to absorb the contents...and take the time to believe it. And you'll have a good shot of believing it once you've listened to the 7 or so hours and started giving some of the recommendations a go.

A must listen for everyone

Where does The Mindbody Prescription rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is the most important book I've ever listened to or read.

What did you like best about this story?

The truth the author exposes about dealing with chronic pain saved me thousands of dollars and steered me toward years of peace.

Have you listened to any of Brian Holsopple’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

NA.

Any additional comments?

When a friend told me about this book, I was in the midst of over 12 years of battling back back pain. The last 8 months the pain would almost never let up. I flew to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. I wanted to have suregery, but they gave me an epidural shot. It was a week or so later that my friend told me about this book.

It's now a few months later and the book's ideas are helping me defeat my pain. I've returned to doing the physical activities I love. I work out again, but still haven't pushed myself to the limit, as the book tells you to take it slow. If you're suffering from chronic back pain, this book WILL help you HEAL.

It works

If you could sum up The Mindbody Prescription in three words, what would they be?

Amazing Amazing Amazing

What other book might you compare The Mindbody Prescription to and why?

I have read The Matrix and other books..this book works...

Have you listened to any of Brian Holsopple’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

It was ok....the reader is never the key...its the content.

What insight do you think you’ll apply from The Mindbody Prescription?

My thumb was hurting as I was reading the book...I started thinking about what I was in rage about...as I kept on listening and looking internally at what was going on...in 2 hours...the pain was gone...

Any additional comments?

The book works..read it...my friend told me about the back pain book...and what it had done for her...read this one...

John E Sarno was a Genius Ahead of His TIme

I’ll start by saying that I consider myself a skeptic about most things. I’m agnostic. I don’t believe in a soul, or in ghosts, magic, E.S.P., aliens, or anything new age, and I’m not “spiritual”. So the fact that I have fully embraced Dr. Sarno’s belief that the vast majority of chronic pain is caused by the mind is really remarkable.

I am an Army veteran, and I’ve had an office job where I have had to sit for the last 20 years, and my position is extremely high pressure. About a year and a half ago, I started waking around 3am-5am in excruciating pain feeling like someone punched me in the back, so it has caused horrible insomnia, and I had not slept soundly throughout the night since before the pain started.

I went to my doctor, but they only recommended exercises, physical therapy, and to go see a chiropractor. The pain got to be so bad, that I messaged my brother and told him that I was going to take my own life if I couldn’t get the pain to go away.

Then my buddy told me about a doctor who he heard about on Howard Stern’s show. Stern calls Dr. Sarno his “savior” for fixing his back, and I also read an article in Forbes where the author called Sarno, “the most brilliant doctor in America”, so I picked this audiobook up on a Friday.

The next day on Saturday, I woke in the worst pain that I have ever experienced with my back since the pain started, and I had no mobility at all! I decided to stay in bed that day, and I finished his audiobook, and by that evening, I fully believed Sarno’s theories because he was very convincing to me.

That night, I laid in bed and tried some of the techniques I learned. I talked to my brain and told it that I know there is nothing wrong with my back, and that my brain is just trying to distract me from repressed anger, fear, or stress. I envisioned myself waking up pain free, and envisioned myself moving around with full mobility. And then the next morning when I woke up, I was pain-free, with full mobility for the first time in over a year!! And I wept.

I am going on my 3rd week now with no pain, and it feels like a miracle. I’m no longer scared of my (new) mattress, haha. The pain has tried to creep back at different points at work, but I just tell my brain that I know what it is up to, and it pushes the pain away like magic. I feel like I just got the instruction manual for my body.

Anyway, now I am upset that the medical community could be so ignorant of the mindbody connection. If you are experiencing pain, and you have already ruled out disease or a serious fracture, open your mind to the possibility that your mind can be causing the pain. What is pain anyway, besides just a signal from your brain?

If you still need convincing, look up the video of the older ABC 20/20 segment that they did on Dr. Sarno. A guy with 7 herniated discs in his back was pain-free one month after just attending a lecture by Sarno. This is legitimate, and this book literally saved my life.

Simply AMAZING!!!

I love this book! Such great insight and a very interesting perspective. I highly recommend this book to anyone experiencing chronic pain.

pain is already leaving after 10 yrs

I have had pain all over my body for yrs and drs could give me no answers and didnt care to bc I'm 37. over the past 10+ yrs I've dealt w alot of pressures in life that has caused all this pain. I have recognized my issues and my pain has been decreasing and it's only been 5 days! next step drop the dead weight causing all this pain and stress!

Very helpful

Narration is very clear, the content is excelent to understand TMS very easy. Great choice