Which Alan Gordon Program

[Modem]

Hi. I am new to this platform. I have read Dr. Sarno book, "Healing Back Pain", and I am interested in learning more about TMS. There seems to be two Alan Gordon programs - Pain Recovery Program https://www.tmswiki.org/forum/painrecovery/ (Pain Recovery Program) or TMS Recovery Program https://www.tmswiki.org/ppd/TMS_Recovery_Program (TMS Recovery Program)

Which program should I follow. Does one replace the other, or are they serving different purposes. Thanks for your help.

 

[JanAtheCPA]

It is confusing, I agree. The second one you list is older and is in two fairly short parts, and is not needed if you're going to do his 21 day program on the forum. . Personally, I'm partial to the Structured Educational Program (SEP) which is on the main TMSWiki.org, because it goes into Dr Sarno's theory of repressed emotions and includes writing exercises to engage and acknowledge the emotions. If you were to do the SEP, Alan's shorter two-part program would be a good companion.

 

[Modem]

@JanAtheCPA
Thanks for your reply. I have posted a query in the General Discussion Subforum, about buttock muscle spasm pain.

 

[HealingMe]

The Pain Recovery Program is great! I did both the PRP and the SEP. Ultimately I combine different things from both programs.

 

[Zetakas]

I am starting now as well with the SEP, however I will likely move on to the next after.

 

[NewBeginning]

The Pain Recovery Program is great! I did both the PRP and the SEP. Ultimately I combine different things from both programs.

Hi @HealingMe ! Curious if you did these both at the same time or if you did one before the other? (I'm on Day 8 of SEP and had originally came to the site for Alan Gordon's program, but ended up starting the SEP because it looked like it was more structured).
Thanks for any thoughts!

 

[JanAtheCPA]

FYI, I wrote a post about the differences here https://www.tmswiki.org/forum/threads/welcome-to-the-subforum-for-the-structured-educational-program.555/page-10#post-154071 (Week 0 - Welcome to the Subforum for the Structured Educational Program)

 

[HealingMe]

Hi @HealingMe ! Curious if you did these both at the same time or if you did one before the other? (I'm on Day 8 of SEP and had originally came to the site for Alan Gordon's program, but ended up starting the SEP because it looked like it was more structured).
Thanks for any thoughts!

I started with Alan Gordon's program and then I did the Structured Educational Program.

 

[NewBeginning]

Thanks @HealingMe and thank you for the link, @JanAtheCPA !
This is all helpful