Thank you MindBodyPT. There are a number of therapists and physicians who recommend the Curable app to patients. I’m sorry we haven’t connected with you sooner. I’m happy to provide you with more information if you wish. Feel free to reach out anytime.
On that note, my apologies that we haven’t shared Curable with the broader Wiki community prior to now. Frankly, our primary mission is to help people, and we wanted to be sensitive about coming off as too self-promotional to this community (typical TMS “goodists” I guess).
That said, since this post appeared we’ve received a lot of outreach from Wiki members expressing their excitement that a TMS app exists, and asking questions about the app and about Curable.
So I want to answer some of the main questions we’ve received here.
What is the Curable app?
Perhaps the most accurate way to describe Curable is as “a collection of educational lessons on TMS, and a near-limitless number of exercises you can use to reprogram your brain to get rid of your pain.” To help people along their way, everything in the app is guided by a friendly (robot) coach named Clara. And of course, all of this is encapsulated into an app for your phone, tablet, or your computer.
How do I access the app?
The app is currently available on all devices directly from the Curable website -- see the link posted by plum above. For the time being, we have refrained from putting the app into the Apple and Google app stores. Relying on Apple and Google can slow down how often we make improvements to the app, and they force our users to have a different experience on their phones and their computers (something we didn’t want for our users).
How often is the Curable app updated?
We are constantly making improvements to the app, based on the feedback of our users. We release a new app update about twice a month. Sometimes an update includes fresh TMS lessons and exercises. Sometimes an update is centered around technical features to improve the user experience and overall quality.
When was the app created?
We launched Curable to the public in January of 2017. Since then, almost 1,000 pain sufferers have used the app.
What symptoms does the Curable app address?
We get this question all the time, especially from folks who have not yet learned about TMS. The best way to answer this is to say that the app addresses any and all TMS-related symptoms. For a list of TMS symptoms, you can visit
this page on the Wiki.
How much does the app cost?
The Curable app is free to download and receive all of the TMS educational lessons. These lessons are free forever, so many people simply keep the lessons and the Curable app on their phone so that they always have TMS education in their pocket.
For those who desire access to the exercises (such as meditations, journal writing exercises, brain training exercises, and more), the app costs $8 per month. Subscribers can cancel anytime they wish.
It has always been our goal to make the app as affordable as possible for people, while at the same time enabling the lights to stay on at Curable so that we can continue to develop and support the app.
Who is behind Curable?
I wrote a little about this in this thread above, but to go into greater detail…
Curable was founded by my partners Laura Seago, Erich Luedtke, and me. Laura had migraines, knee pain, and back pain for over 5 years. Erich had RSI in his hands and a variety of non-pain TMS symptoms for 8 years. And I had back pain, piriformis pain, leg pain, foot pain, and neck pain for 15 years. Each one of us was fortunate enough to heal our pain by using TMS education and methods. For me, it was reading Dr. Sarno. For Laura, it was working with TMS physician Dr. John Stracks in Chicago. For Erich, it was talking to Laura and me. We founded Curable so that we could do our part in spreading the word about the treatment method that basically saved our lives. Curable is our full-time job.
Like anything in life, we could not have developed the Curable app alone. Many of the top TMS practitioners have consulted - and continue to consult - on the Curable project. In particular, special thanks goes to Dr. David Clarke, Dr. Howard Schubiner, Dr. David Schechter, Dr. John Stracks, Dr. David Hanscom, and a number of TMS therapists. These trailblazing professionals deserve major credit for the quality of the Curable app...and for the advancement of this field in general.
What is Curable’s mission?
Almost everybody who uses TMS methods to heal their symptoms subsequently asks themselves the famous question: “How come more people don’t know about this?!” Curable’s mission is to do our part to spread the word about TMS...and in doing so, help as many people as we can.
Prior to Dr. Sarno’s death, Curable sat down with Dr. Schechter to discuss how we can expand access to mindbody healing methods for those in need. With Dr. Sarno’s passing, we now have even more motivation to secure his legacy.
You can read our interview with Dr. Schechter here…
Unstuck: Clearing the Path for Dr. Sarno's Mindbody Movement.
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I hope this helps to answer some questions. Please feel free to ask me anything else, and I'll do my best to answer in a timely manner.
