http://www.dunaber.com/2009/03/13/back-pipes/ by Michael Grey ... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:10:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.dunaber.com/2009/03/13/back-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-1463 mike Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:47:11 +0000 http://www.dunaber.com/?p=158#comment-1463 Great comments, Chris. In reading them I was at once pleased and angry. I'll definitely have a look at your guy Sarno's stuff. For the record, I meant "precious" in the true sense of the word. Until a couple of years ago we had no statutory holiday in Ontario between New Years Day and Easter - you know that's hard, especially in the winter! Maybe "rare" would've been a better word. But then I'd miss that Tolkien allusion ... thanks! M Great comments, Chris. In reading them I was at once pleased and angry. I’ll definitely have a look at your guy Sarno’s stuff. For the record, I meant “precious” in the true sense of the word. Until a couple of years ago we had no statutory holiday in Ontario between New Years Day and Easter – you know that’s hard, especially in the winter! Maybe “rare” would’ve been a better word. But then I’d miss that Tolkien allusion … thanks! M

]]> http://www.dunaber.com/2009/03/13/back-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-1462 ChrisZ Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:02:53 +0000 http://www.dunaber.com/?p=158#comment-1462 Since you're an original, ingenious, insightful sort of individual, you might want to consider complementing your physical therapeutic approach with a mental, psycho-therapeutic approach. Check out "The MindBody Prescription" and "The Divided Mind" by Dr. John Sarno, who has seen back pain in his patients disappear by talking with them through their repressed anger and bringing it to consciousness, thereby eliminating the anger's displacement into the body (usually the lower back). I wonder about the significance of its having been "Family Day" when the physical symptoms manifested themselves, and what that meant to you, and I also notice that you used the word "precious" to refer to it, which is a sarcastic term for you and which may be indicating some irritation or anger of which you're not necessarily conscious. Even if one totally rejects all this as rubbishy psych-babble, it's still a good idea to clear out one's mind of any anger, stress, irritation, unresolved conflicts, etc. -- But then, maybe you wouldn't be such a great composer! :-) Since you’re an original, ingenious, insightful sort of individual, you might want to consider complementing your physical therapeutic approach with a mental, psycho-therapeutic approach. Check out “The MindBody Prescription” and “The Divided Mind” by Dr. John Sarno, who has seen back pain in his patients disappear by talking with them through their repressed anger and bringing it to consciousness, thereby eliminating the anger’s displacement into the body (usually the lower back). I wonder about the significance of its having been “Family Day” when the physical symptoms manifested themselves, and what that meant to you, and I also notice that you used the word “precious” to refer to it, which is a sarcastic term for you and which may be indicating some irritation or anger of which you’re not necessarily conscious. Even if one totally rejects all this as rubbishy psych-babble, it’s still a good idea to clear out one’s mind of any anger, stress, irritation, unresolved conflicts, etc. — But then, maybe you wouldn’t be such a great composer!

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