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Charles Rammelkamp's avatar

I thought PRT had been banned in Florida, Iowa and Virginia. But seriously, this is useful information. My back and I have a complicated relationship.

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Don Akchin's avatar

I think it's still legal as long as you are not grooming.

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Alex O'Neill's avatar

I've recently been reading some books about how past trauma is tied up with chronic pain and illness too - I'm finding it fascinating at the moment reading about how much our bodies and brains are connected. My book recommendation for you is The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk. I shall be having a look into the Sarno book!

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Don Akchin's avatar

Alex, thanks for that recommendation. Hope your projects are all going well.

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Susie Kaufman's avatar

The use of mindfulness strategies to relieve all sorts of distress is remarkably efficacious. I'm always amazed by how much control I can exercise over my experience of, in this case, emotional pain, by re-imagining what I'm going through. Free, painless and you don't have to leave the house.

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Don Akchin's avatar

Yes, the mind is a terrible thing to waste...on making ourselves more miserable than we have to be.

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Susie Kaufman's avatar

We have such expertise in that field. It's a great accomplishment to recognize our exercise of that skill as a first step towards changing our old familiar, oft-trodden paths.

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Annette Laing's avatar

Good heavens.... think I have dental pain like that... Another expensive visit to the dentist, he couldn't find anything, and, voila, the pain vanished. Next time, I'll wait longer before making an appointment!

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Don Akchin's avatar

Maybe you harbor a belief that dental pain is an obligation for anyone born in the UK, and you should root out (sorry) that belief.

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Annette Laing's avatar

Ha! Could be.

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WAYNE CHRISTENSEN's avatar

Fascinating! Say more, please . . . .

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WENDL Kornfeld's avatar

PRT sounds terrific, I look forward to learning more about it. I read Sarno's book in the 1990s and it made a big, positive impression on me. I didn't experience back pain again until a couple months ago. Although I knew I'd definitely strained my back during a very high stress period, I added his principles to the heat and Tylenol and it was a relatively short-lived event.

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Don Akchin's avatar

That's good to hear. Thanks!

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