The MindBody Workbook: A Thirty Day Program of Insight and Awareness for Peop...

Description: I've been fascinated by the mindbody connection since before medical school. The seminal event of my medical education in this regard was my own cure from chronic, unexplained knee pain with the guidance of John Sarno, MD from NYU's Rusk Institute. After this personal success, I performed a follow-up study of his patients, under his auspices and determined that this approach proved successful in a remarkably high 77% of chronic back sufferers. As my career has progressed, I've developed my own program of treatment that includes an office consultation and educational seminar on this subject for my patients. I've developed a series of materials including audiotapes, article, video, and now this Workbook. I feel this Workbook offers the best opportunity for people suffering from mindbody disorders that I may not personally be able to treat. With the help of a local physician to exclude more serious disease, they should be able to benefit greatly from the thirty-day structured journal approach, on their own, as my own patients do in my office. A thirty-day program of insight and awareness for back pain and other disorders. The author, David Schechter, MD is a physician who practices in Culver City, CA and specializes in mindbody approaches to medical conditions such as back pain. A graduate of Princeton University, Dr. Schechter met Dr. John Sarno while a medical student at New York University. Dr. Schechter is now the most experienced practicing TMS specialist in the country and has treated thousands of patients and helped tens of thousands more with his written and audio/DVD materials. He wrote Think Away Your Pain in 2014, a clear, up-to-date well-organized presentation of this chronic pain treatment approach. From Chapter on Psychosomatic Disorders-- In this Workbook I use the term "psychosomatic disorder" (from the Greek roots 'psycho' or spirit, mind and 'soma' or body) to refer to medical conditions that are caused or made worse by emotional distress, tension, or stress. A distinction has typically been made between these conditions and purely "physical" or "structural" conditions. While a broken leg would clearly fall into the latter category, non-traumatic illness does not easily lend itself to these distinctions. For example, a cold or upper respiratory infection is an illness "caused" by a virus. But we know that people under emotional stress have physical evidence of impaired immune response and may be more prone to "catching" a cold. So this too, is a "psychosomatic" disorder. The term psychosomatic disorder has acquired a bad reputation because of being inaccurately associated with "faking" an illness. Many patients and even doctors make this mistake in usage. In addition, it is incorrectly associated with the "hypochondriac" who is represented in the media as a neurotic, unhappy person constantly worried about his body. Anyone can get a psychosomatic disorder. Although certain personality characteristics may predispose to experiencing emotions in physical symptoms, these characteristics are anything but those of a neurotic loser. Many high achieving, responsible, successful, perfectionists suffer from back pain, migraine headaches, and the like. In a broader sense, all conditions are mindbody or psychosomatic. While fracturing your leg may be somatic in nature, an individual's response to being in a cast, using crutches, and dealing with disability certainly has a huge emotional component. Physicians tend to incorporate this part of healing in a nonverbal or implicit way. An encouraging remark, a reassuring touch, and good listening goes a long way to help a patient to heal. What our "modern" approach to psychosomatic medicine offers in addition to reassurance is an explicit use of the mindbody connection as a therapeutic tool. This Workbook offers you the opportunity to tap into powerful healing forces previously described by such derogatory terms as the "placebo" response and make them work for you. By answering the questions openly and in an uncensored fashion, you have the opportunity to access the unconscious mind's reservoir of memory, emotion, and knowledge and use it for your benefit. Self-awareness and utilization of the mindbody connection can actually cure some of the conditions that you suffer from. My work with back pain has demonstrated this to me and to many successful patients. For conditions such as asthma and rheumatoid arthritis, the goal is fewer symptoms and flare-ups. For patients with cancer, less pain, a stronger immune system, and longer remissions may be possible with a mindbody program. From Week Two-- Day Nine Question One: How do you feel today emotionally? (What made you happy today? Or this week if you must-people with these conditions often have a hard time focusing on the positive. Elaborate on this...) Followed by blank lines to answer this question.

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