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Alternative Medicine for Herniated Discs
Knowledge therapy is true alternative medicine for herniated discs. It is the treatment of choice for countless patients who have been wise enough to question the validity of a
disc pain
diagnosis and has provided a permanent cure to millions of
back pain
sufferers around the world.
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What is Knowledge Therapy?
Knowledge therapy is a term used by Dr. John Sarno of the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University Medical Center. Dr. Sarno is world famous for his work involving
Tension Myositis Syndrome
and the general applications of mind/body medicine. Dr. Sarno realized long ago that back pain rarely responded well to either the conservative or drastic medical treatments offered by the traditional medical system. He also saw poor results from many complementary therapy modalities. Dr. Sarno discovered that back pain, like a wide range of other problematic health concerns, often has emotional causative or perpetuating factors. This began his epic quest for developing a treatment program which would address the psycho-emotional issues causing the pain, thereby resolving the symptoms forever.
Alternative Medicine for Herniated Discs Theory
Psychosomatic
back pain is the term used to describe the symptoms in the majority of unresolved dorsopathy conditions. Psychosomatic does NOT mean that the pain is NOT REAL, IMAGINARY or EXAGGERATED. Psychosomatic pain is indeed VERY REAL and experienced 100% in the physical body. However, the cause of the pain is not some structural injury or degenerative process, but instead, the pressure of repressed emotional anguish. Humans are far more than physical bodies. We are also logical and emotional creatures. Our minds and spirits interact constantly with our anatomies to create every state of health and disease. When there is a chronic emotional concern troubling the subconscious mind, you can be sure it is just a matter of time before that repressed issue translates into the anatomical body in one painful form or another.
Alternative Medicine for Herniated Discs /
Psychosomatic Symptoms
Psychosomatic pain affects every individual in a unique way. I have never met a single person who did not experience some form of psychosomatic pain at some point in life. Back pain, regardless of the
diagnosis,
can actually be caused by the psychosomatic process. However, many other health concerns are also normally associated with psycho-emotional causations. These problematic health concerns range from simple headaches and stomach concerns to ulcers, TMJ, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, IBS, OCD, Prostatitis, Allergies, Sexual Dysfunction and a host of pain conditions affecting the wrists, knees, hips, shoulders, feet and virtually any other anatomical region. Psychosomatic syndromes initiate physical pain through the process called
ischemia.
This is another term for simple oxygen deprivation. This process can affect any bodily tissue and leaves no trace of its sinister presence, except minuscule evidence in the nuclei of affected cells. Oxygen deprivation is usually a regional process, which will affect every cell in the area. Nerve pain and related symptoms can be enacted at very low levels of oxygen deprivation, while severe muscular pain, cramping and
spasms
are most common from higher levels of ischemia. Every cell needs oxygen to survive and any reduction in the localized circulation can and will produce dire symptoms. The stealthy nature of the causative process also helps to explain why so many patients never find a cure for their
herniated disc pain.
To put it simply… their pain is NOT due to the disc at all. It is caused by ischemia. The herniated disc is a mere
scapegoat,
blamed for the pain, but completely innocent and coincidental to the symptoms experienced. Remember, the vast majority of herniated discs and degenerated discs cause no pain or symptoms whatsoever. They are merely there and not a health concern at all…
Alternative Medicine for Herniated Discs / Effectiveness
Knowledge therapy is truly alternative medicine for
herniated discs,
since it succeeds where other treatment options fail; bypassing the completely irrelevant anatomical location of the pain and dealing exclusively with the emotional causation. Patients are taught to consider the psychological aspects of their lives and instructed on how to discover the emotional issues responsible for causing physical pain. Patients are also taught how to prevent the ischemic process from gaining physical control of their bodies and lives. The treatments are free or extremely low cost, since the majority of patients use knowledge therapy books to overcome their pain. A few patients might require the assistance of a professional therapist to help them get to the heart of their repressed emotional issues. Knowledge therapy assists a patient in negating the
nocebo
effect of the diagnostic process. It allows patients to look past the structural conditions which have been blamed for their pain and teaches them to focus instead on the emotional concerns which influence the functionality of their physical bodies. Knowledge therapy demonstrates excellent PERMANENT results for beating chronic pain of all varieties. It has shown some of its very best statistics when used to resolve previously treatment–resistant cases of back pain due to a herniated disc.
Alternative Medicine for Herniated Discs Sources
Many sources of knowledge therapy available, but I still recommend some of the original books as my all time favorites. Dr John Sarno and Dr Andrew Weil are excellent and inspirational authors who have written extensively on the topic. Here are my top 3 choices for herniated disc patients: #1 “Healing Back Pain” by Dr. John Sarno is the classic guide to back pain relief and my personal favorite. It is simple to read, easily absorbed and extremely effective. I have read this book hundreds of times and still rely on it as a valuable resource for my own life and my work on the website. #2
"Cure Back Pain Forever"
by Sensei Adam Rostocki, is my own best selling book about recovering from chronic pain. Many patients have reported that my book helped them to better understand and apply Dr. Sarno’s theories and techniques. I simply recommend it since it is written from the patient’s own point of view and really gets to the heart of exactly how to beat the pain once and for all. #3 “The Mindbody Prescription” by Dr. John Sarno provides a broader look at mind/body medicine and clarifies many of his important theories discussed more generally in his earlier works. You can buy so many more books and the investment would not be a waste. However, for less than $30, you can be sure to defeat almost any psychosomatic pain syndrome using the above resources. You can even save more cash by going to the library and taking them out for free...
Alternative Medicine for Herniated Discs Advice
Knowledge therapy is Not some New Age nonsense. It is valid alternative medicine for herniated discs developed by some of the best minds in the healthcare industry. Pioneers like Dr. John Sarno and Dr. Andrew Weil have long extolled the importance of the emotional mind in all matters of health and disease. Knowledge therapy takes that theory and places it into context in a completely sound therapy option for
chronic herniated disc pain.
As the author of this site, I can not tell you how important knowledge therapy has been to my life. Not only did it cure my chronic back pain after 18 long years of horrific
suffering,
but it also completely resolved my long standing problems with knee pain, wrist pain and stomach sensitivity. I had been diagnosed with physical causes for all these conditions, but none of my agonizing pains ever responded to a wide range of treatment options. I tried everything to beat my symptoms, but they kept control of my life and grew worse every year…When I discovered knowledge therapy, I thought it was a long shot, but I gave it a try out of desperation. I never could have imagined that my VERY REAL PHYSICAL PAIN could have been the result of anything except a structural physical process. Well, I am always a person who can admit when I am wrong… Knowledge therapy cured my pain and started me on my quest to help others. The treatment cost me virtually nothing and was all contained in some books, which are available at the local library. I saw promising results in days and was completely healed in a few weeks time. I was just a normal guy who has seen the efficiency of this therapy option. Since then, I have become a full time back pain scholar and have devoted my life to helping
patients,
just like you, find a cure for their pain. If I can be of any help to you, feel free to
write to me
anytime…
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