Chronic Back Pain caused by Tension Myositis Syndrome?

Now here's an interesting story. I was contacted recently by one of my readers who wanted to know why I had not mentioned Dr. Sarno and TMS. The short answer was that I had not heard of him or TMS.

I have briefly researched the subject and it appears that Dr. John Sarno, who is Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, is the originator of the diagnosis of the controversial psychosomatic condition, tension myositis syndrome (TMS), which has not received serious study from mainstream medicine.

According to Sarno, TMS is a psychosomatic illness causing chronic back, neck, and limb pain which is not relieved by standard medical treatments.

You can look him up and it is quite interesting, as you all know by now I am a great believer in the power of the human mind so he could well have something worth pursuing.

He has written, amongst others, a book called “Healing Back Pain” which is available on Amazon. If anyone has read it or gets a copy please let me know what you think.