I am learning about the work of Dr Sarno. Very interesting 🧐 Anyone heard about Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS)? Dr Sarno (1923 – 2017) was Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at New York University School of Medicine, and attending physician at the Howard A. Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University Medical Center. He coined the term Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) to name a psychosomatic condition producing physical symptoms. Dr Sarno developed, diagnosed and treated over ten thousand TMS patients, yet his approach is currently still not accepted by mainstream medicine despite him having successfully treated so many patients. His treatment included educating patients on his belief that psychological and emotional work could cure their pain and symptoms. Sarno's theory is, that the symptoms are an unconscious distraction to aid in the repression of emotional issues. Sarno believed that when patients think about what may be upsetting them in their unconscious, they can defeat their minds' strategy to repress these powerful emotions. When the symptoms are seen for what they are, they then serve no purpose and they go away.

Posted by Andres Ortega at 2024-06-29 16:55:48 UTC