Back Pain Facts

I hope that this article encourages all of you to get more involved in your own care so that you do not repeat the mistakes I made while searching in vain for a cure. Remember, your most valuable healthcare advocate is most certainly yourself.

Sensei’s Back Pain Facts

I had knee problems, stomach problems, wrist problems, headaches, and allergies before being stricken with unbelievable back pain. As I worked my way through each of these conditions, it never occurred to me that as one ended, another began. Reading this, you must think,

WOW, Sensei was a sick guy his whole life!

However, this is not the case. In fact, although I suffered from all these conditions, I never let any of them get to me. I was a happy-go-lucky kid and teen despite some pain. I was always in great shape. I excelled in school. I had lots of friends. I was a normal kid. I always led a full life and never complained or sought extensive treatment for anything. That was until I met BACK PAIN.

Back Pain Facts Continued

This frustration continued and progressed to the point where the pain really affected me. I began to plan every activity to include the possibility of a back ache flareup. The symptoms were unpredictable and seemed to pop up at the worst times. If you too have chronic back pain, this is something I am sure you are familiar with. Life is impossible to plan, since you never know when the pain will strike you down and land you in bed for a week.

Real Back Pain Facts

I WOKE UP. It is that simple. I realized that my back pain condition did not make sense, based on the diagnoses I received over the years. I had been researching dorsalgia for what seemed an eternity at this point and suddenly it all made sense. I realized that my pain was caused by a psychological process, not some physical injury or defect. Within a few months of this discovery, I was cured. COMPLETELY CURED.

Looking back, I realize that all my previous symptoms were a build up to the inevitable BACK PAIN FINALE. My mind had been trying to distract me for years with only limited success using other pain conditions. When it found back ache, it discovered the answer. This is the reason I was able to overcome my other health problems, but the back symptoms were simply stronger than I was.

Once I discovered that the pain was related to a controllable part of my mind, I was finally able to break the cycle of symptom escalation.

This heavenly state lasted for a quite a few years and then the effects of age and multiple injuries caught up with me, bringing the pain back into my life. However, this time, it was different and I was much better able to deal with it, since I understood how the mind factors into the symptomatic equation.