How does emotional stress cause back pain?

If you’ve ever experienced unexplained back pain, especially during periods of emotional stress, you’re not alone.

Back pain is one of the most common physical complaints worldwide, yet in many cases, diagnostic imaging shows no clear injury or structural issue.

So what’s going on? Increasingly, science - and pioneering doctors like Dr. John Sarno - are pointing to emotional stress as a powerful, often overlooked cause of chronic back pain.