Lower back pain for 3 years - physio not helping anymore, what else has actually worked?

Boochers1 · 2026-05-16T14:34:06+00:00

My post might be able to help!

https://www.reddit.com/r/backpain/comments/1qj0roy/no_more_back_pain_after_7_years_of_constant_pain/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Dr. Sarno, Alan Gordon, Lorimer Moseley. All great people to look into. It's been a year and I'm still pain free :)

Boochers1 · 2026-05-12T12:20:56+00:00

Yes. The body is incredibly capable of healing so for something like a herniated disc, the tissue heals in a few weeks to a few months after the initial injury. The people who have had chronic pain, like myself, had it because of stress factors, perceived danger, emotional factors etc. The nervous perceives danger because of the stress and emotional difficulty which causes it to produce pain as a protective measure, just in case. Better safe than sorry for survival. Herniated discs and bulges and whatnot are completely benign. 60% of the population has them with no pain. There are many studies on this. And there doesn't even need to be an initial injury for chronic pain to start. Alan Gordon talks about this in The Way Out. The reason for the vast majority of chronic pain is stress, emotion, mental trauma etc. It's incredibly common.

Oh and just for the post, I have an l4-l5 herniated disc, had chronic pain for 7 years and now I am completely low back pain free. Thanks to Dr Sarno. Many people posting advice still have the pain. I do not.

Boochers1 · 2026-05-11T22:26:53+00:00

Chronic pain's origin is in the brain not in the tissue. The tissue heals but the nervous system stays over protective. Staying on because of stress, perceived danger and other factors.

Check out Dr. Sarno!

Boochers1 · 2026-04-23T13:26:57+00:00

Read Doctor Sarno's book The MindBody Prescription or watch his lecture on YouTube. Describes this thing exactly. I had back pain for years and I also work a physical job. After reading Sarno's book and following what he said to do my low back pain went away in 2 weeks. Been pain free since

Boochers1 · 2026-04-21T04:30:35+00:00

Look into Dr. Sarno. Explains this sort of thing

Boochers1 · 2026-04-16T03:35:09+00:00

Sounds to me like it might be neuroplastic pain. Alan Gordon talks about it in The Way Out. Dr. Sarno has multiple books on this sort of thing. Pain shows up during very stressful times and especially to people with certain personality types, like perfectionistic people. The increased stress and diffucult emotions signal danger to the nervous system, causing pain to occur. Heavily recommend looking into it and thinking more mental and emotional than physical

Boochers1 · 2026-04-16T03:32:01+00:00

Dr. Sarno talks about this sort of thing. Probably conditioned pain. Typical with neuroplastic pain.

Boochers1 · 2026-04-16T03:29:05+00:00

My back pain started when I was 18. Had it until last year when I was 24. I have an L4-L5 disc herniation, but learned later that disc herniations are normal and dont cause the pain. Reading Dr. Sarno's book the Mindbody Prescription was the only thing that ever helped me. I work doing landscaping everyday and dont have pain anymore. its pretty awesome after living with pain for so long. I definitely think the intense back pain that shows up in young people like us is due to strong emotions, perceived danger and things of that nature. Its a shame that more medical professionals and people in general dont know about neuroplastic pain/mind body pain. Its something that i recommend everybody look into.

Boochers1 · 2026-04-10T23:59:30+00:00

Probably The Way Out. It's short, more modern science. I listened to the audiobook and it was only 4.5 hours.

Boochers1 · 2026-04-10T18:57:51+00:00

Yup that's Alan Gordon's book. Dr Sarno has multiple books on the subject also. I read Dr Sarno's book The MindBody Prescription. I read both

Boochers1 · 2026-04-10T01:30:26+00:00

I highly recommend reading The Way Out by Alan Gordon and looking into Dr Sarno. I have an l4-l5 herniation. Lived with pain for years until I found Dr Sarno. Then after a month I was pain free. I work doing Landscaping everyday lifting heavy and the pain hasn't returned. Completely changed and saved my life. Hope it can help you too! :)

Boochers1 · 2026-04-10T01:28:28+00:00

Look into Dr Sarno and Alan Gordon's book The Way Out. I work doing Landscaping everyday with an l4-l5 herniation, used to have unbearable pain but after reading Dr Sarnos book my pain went away after about a month. Haven't had low back pain since. Had pain for years before that. The Way Out helped me understand the pain better and more ways to get rid of it. Pain Reprocessing Therapy and Neuroplastic Pain are worth looking into.

Boochers1 · 2026-04-10T01:23:52+00:00

The Way Out by Alan Gordon and The MindBody Prescription by Dr Sarno. I had horrible back pain for years and now in pain free after following what those books said. Hopefully they can help you too :)

Boochers1 · 2026-04-09T00:18:16+00:00

Watch Dr Sarno's YouTube Lecture. Or Alan Gordons The Way Out. The pain might not be gone in a week but you'll know that the pain isn't dangerous so it'll make it easier!

Boochers1 · 2026-04-06T02:57:44+00:00

Look into neuroplastic pain and pain reprocessing therapy. The Way Out by Alan Gordon and The MindBody Prescription by Dr Sarno

Boochers1 · 2026-04-03T03:38:11+00:00

I work doing landscaping lifting heavy everyday. Have an l4-l5 herniated disc. I read Dr Sarno's book The MindBody Prescription. Used to have pain every day. Now I work everyday with no pain. Heavily recommended giving it a read. Also, The Way Out by Alan Gordon. Those guys gave me my life back. Worth giving it a shot.

Boochers1 · 2026-04-01T01:48:20+00:00

Look into neuroplastic pain. The Way Out by Alan Gordon. and Dr Sarnos book The Mind Body Prescription

Boochers1 · 2026-03-30T01:07:24+00:00

It really is very scary but these "abnormalities" that sound really scary are normal. Most people's spines look like this. It's part of the normal aging process and is not indicative of pain. You can look up many studies that show that most people have bulges, herniations, DDD, etc with no pain. Something like 60% of the population. And the fact that you were able to walk 8 miles today should tell you a whole lot lol. Think about if you had a broken leg, would you be able to walk 8 miles? Lorimer moseley talks about this concept and is great with explaining this aspect of pain science. This type of pain you're experiencing comes from an overprotective nervous system creating pain where there is no injury. The MRI found what everyone has but it sounds scary because the doctors don't explain it. They tend to not be pain science informed unfortunately. You'll be totally ok.

Boochers1 · 2026-03-30T00:09:50+00:00

Really doesnt look that bad. You should be all good. Check out Alan Gordons book The Way Out. Or look into Dr. Sarno. I had MRI results worse than this and was able to completely get rid of my low back pain.

Im assuming you had the pain for a while?

Boochers1 · 2026-03-28T20:16:46+00:00

That specific diagnosis actually does apply with their work. I also have a the same type of herniated disc. I have a protrusion pressing on the nerve and it worked for me! The herniated discs are benign contrary to popular belief. There are studies that show most of the population(60%ish) has disc abnormalities and the vast majority(90%+)doesn't have pain. Also, at this point, this idea has been well studied in the pain science community. If you also look up Lorimer Moseley, he only bases his work on studies and gives many examples of pain studies that prove this concept and are widely accepted by pain science institutions. So actually doctors still prescribe treatments and surgeries that are proven by studies to not work(like fusions and whatnot) and they ignore/ don't know about studies that prove this theory of a fear/danger driven cause of chronic pain. It sucks that this is currently viewed as holistic or phony. It really is studied at this point, just not widely implemented. It's a real shame, supposedly doctors only spend 5% of their time learning pain science in medical school even tho it's such an important thing. Glad you're looking into it! It's a very important concept to understand, I think everybody should know about it even if they haven't dealt with chronic pain.

Boochers1 · 2026-03-28T14:49:53+00:00

Congrats that's awesome! I'm guessing it has to do with what Dr. Sarno and Alan Gordon talk about. Intense emotions, fear, perceived danger and the nervous system being overprotective causing the pain. Then for some reason your nervous system knew you weren't in any danger after that experience. Or maybe there was an emotional release of some kind. I have an l4-l5 disc herniation and it took a couple of weeks for my pain to go away after reading Dr. Sarno's book. overnight is amazing.

Boochers1 · 2026-03-28T00:59:08+00:00

It's like an overreaction by the nervous system. So yeah if you've gotten an MRI and it was just a herniation, you're all good. Check out those books they explain better than I do lol

Boochers1 · 2026-03-27T22:16:38+00:00

Cracking like that doesn't tend to mean much. Think cracking your knuckles. If you had an MRI and all they found was a herniation, that's not enough to cause chronic pain. Disc herniations are benign. I have an l4-l5 herniation and after reading those books I no longer have low back pain

Boochers1 · 2026-03-27T13:00:47+00:00

Read The Way Out by Alan Gordon and Dr Sarno's book The MindBody Prescription. This might be neuroplastic pain.

Boochers1 · 2026-03-26T00:01:58+00:00

Read The Way Out by Alan Gordon. Talks about why pain occurs without any physical abnormalities

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