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one of my biggest challenges is the fact I have only had the current pain/symptoms for 8 weeks. it was precipitated by playing 2 intense hockey games straight, through an already sore hip. couple of mornings later morning I awoke and when I went to get up I felt an intense burning pain in my...

thanks very much, I have calmed down a bit and noticed that my soreness, although severe, has definitely changed in nature. more of just a muscle / achy pain vs any of the weird spasms / nerve pain running down the leg thrown in (much more tolerable and less anxiety-provoking). I need to...

what a journey this has been in only 4 days. from first discovering the book (healing back pain), finding this site, and the many ups and downs already. however, last night and today have been the most challenging, as well. 2 days ago I was able to fight through the pain and do 2 x 30 min...

thanks so much for this, really means a lot! and you also actually helped me right this moment. I just finished a painful 35min very slowly on the treadmill (but still a great breakthrough today again). I am super sore now and your comment really helped me just see it as pretty tolerable (and...

I was very surprised and pleased in being able to do 2 x 30 min on the treadmill yesterday (albeit supported strongly using the treadmill arms). the second session was a bit more painfully intense and I had to push through a bit, but I really wanted the 30 min again. I felt great when lying down...

Thank you very much, and I have taken the gentleness suggestion fully to heart, rather than "fighting it" or "pushing through". makes perfect sense!

Update: so right after this post I went for my first, hopefully of 3 or 4 or so, 5min treadmill sessions. I started out and noticed I was in slightly less pain than before when I had tried the treadmill. then I actually began to feel even better and when I checked my time (timer on my treadmill...

I worked as hard as I possibly could yesterday, going through day 1 of the education program, day 1 of the recovery program, reading every article, watching every video, completing every exercise. I had completed 'Healing Back Pain' audiobook (narrated by Dr Sarno himself!) the evening before...

I listened to Dr. Sarno's 'Healing Back Pain' last evening, and I am ready to commit fully to his program and all of the exercises and information here. I have been unable to walk or stand for more than few seconds, without pain in my hip and high buttock that requires me to lean forward...