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# Back Pain - Pain gone
- URL: https://www.sarnoclinic.com/back-pain-pain-gone/
- Published: 2023-10-05T22:26:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-12T07:36:05.000Z
- Description: I suffered a back injury in 1998 and continued to suffer pain from it until ...
- Author: Sarno Clinic
- Tags: Sarno Clinic Newsletter, Personal Stories, Back Pain

I suffered a back injury in 1998 and continued to suffer pain from it until 2005 when I read Dr. Sarno’s book. That’s all it took. In fact, I don’t think I read more than half the book and my pain was gone.

When I say pain I mean there were days when I couldn’t get out of bed or drive a car. The book stopped all of that and it took years before I felt any kind of pain again.

Why? Because Dr. Sarno says back pain is really a subconscious defense mechanism against stress. Once you consciously understand where the stress comes from, the pain goes away.

*Tom*

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