evidence vs. structural abnormalities

Hi,

I just purchased The Divided Mind, & am enjoying reading it. I just finished the Chronic Pain Syndromes: A Modern Plague section when I remembered that in Healing Back Pain, Dr. Sarno referenced research where a majority of a group had structural abnormalities but did not experience any pain.

I'm wondering whether this is also referenced in this latest book, & whether there are even more studies confirming that.

Sorry, I'm just impatient to know that before finishing this book.

Best regards,

Reggie Guevara

 

some good info and recent studies cited here

http://www.sirpauk.com/stress-illness/stress-illness/some-supportive-evidence

 

Systematic Literature Review of Imaging Features of Spinal Degeneration in Asymptomatic Populations 2014.

http://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2014/11/27/ajnr.A4173.long


People without pain showed significant changes in spinal discs.