Predisposition for Back Pain

Predisposition for Back Pain article detailing the psycho-emotional aspects of the personality types which make many people especially susceptible to chronic pain.  

Many people do not realize that they have a predisposition for back pain, not based on any structural issues in their spines, but instead, because of their very personalities and psychological characteristics.  Back pain has long been blamed on a great number of anatomical irregularities and so called injuries, but recently, the tide is changing; since most of these spinal abnormalities have been debunked as anything more than coincidental to many chronic dorsopathy concerns.


Doctors and patients alike have often wondered why the most severe back pain seems to occur for no particular physical reason or at an illogical time after a suspected injury.  Psychological professionals have long been able to explain the delayed onset of unexplained pain as it relates to times of emotional stress.  When people feel pain, they immediately look to a physical source and in the case of back pain, this source is virtually always the spine.  Doctors have enjoyed the benefit of incredible diagnostic technologies, such as x-rays and magnetic resonance imaging, yet these devices have further confused the back pain diagnostic process rather than clarified it.


When an abnormality is located in the spine, the blame is focused on the affected structural concern.  Degenerated and herniated intervertebral discs, spinal arthritic processes, vertebral misalignments, spinal curvatures and many other anatomical issues have been blamed for causing chronic pain in untold millions of patients.  More recent and enlightened research now proves the fact that these structural abnormalities are actually quite common, while some are universal.  In fact, there has been no definitive proof provided that any spinal abnormality is inherently painful or problematic.  So many people have these conditions, yet only some have pain.  To further clarify the lack of correlation between anatomical irregularities and back pain, a great number of people with debilitating symptoms have no logical structural explanation for their pain at all.


As a former back pain sufferer for 18 years, I endured a variety of diagnostic theories imposed upon me and my body, all of which turned out to be incorrect.  Originally, I was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease, scoliosis and muscle imbalances.  Later, the diagnosis was enhanced to include and focus upon 2 herniated discs at L4/L5 and L5/ S1.  I was devastated by each of these medical findings, since I feared the worst and some of my care providers did their best to utilize this fear to keep me in highly profitable treatment for the long term.  In my eyes, this is nothing short of criminal…


At some point in my desperate quest for a cure, I stumbled upon the works of Dr. John Sarno, world renowned rehabilitation specialist right here in my home town of New York City.  Upon studying Dr. Sarno’s works, I realized that I was led along all these years like a sheep to the slaughter.  His ideas made such sense and I finally found my cure after a world of seemingly endless agony.  So, which of my anatomical spinal conditions turned out to be the real source of my pain?  None of them.


Dr. Sarno teaches a completely different approach to ridding oneself of chronic pain, regardless of where it occurs in the body.  He explains that the pain acts as a distraction from repressed, suppressed and highly sensitive emotional issues in all of our lives.  He further goes on to theorize that our very personality type makes us more or less prone to developing these pain syndromes, based on criteria such as perfectionism, the desire to succeed, self criticism and “goodism”. 



Upon reading Dr. Sarno’s books, I recognized myself on every page and delved ever deeper into knowledge therapy.  It became my new home and now I am also a published author on the topic and work tirelessly to help others end their own pain.  I hope these thoughts may spark some interest in you to learn more about knowledge therapy:

Have you been diagnosed with a particular structural condition and received a wide variety of treatments, yet found no considerable or lasting relief?

Have you endured a cure through surgery or other drastic treatment option, only to have the pain return or move to a new location time and time again?

Do you feel that emotional issues may be contributing to your pain?

If the answer to any of these is “yes”, then you owe it to yourself to at least consider the highly logical explanation that your pain may well be misdiagnosed and knowledge therapy may be the only cure you need to become permanently pain-free.

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