NBA Star Michael Porter Jr. of my Denver Nuggets recently shared on a Podcast that he has cured years of chronic back pain using mindset shifts and knowledge that his back pain is not and never was due to the misdiagnosis of Degenerative Disc Disease, but is actually due to a mind body condition known as TMS. This Podcast is great! I have been preaching the Sarno message about chronic pain and my degenerative disc disease for years, but at the end of the day, I am just some guy that works on a computer for a living, and what the heck do I know about real spinal issues anyway?
The Cure for Chronic Pain with Nicole Sachs, LCSW on Apple Podcasts
Michael Porter Jr. on the other hand is one of the top athletes in the world and has endured 3 back surgeries, and countless medical procedures that almost cost him his career before he discovered the work of John Sarno, the book Healing Back Pain, and the TMS mind body connection. And he just completed his first injury free season since middle school! This stuff is no joke! There have been a few athletes that claim to be Sarno people, but when you hear them, they clearly don’t completely get it. Listening to this Podcast is clear, MPJ gets it! And his cure will once again be on display in NBA playoff’s this week like they were last week when Denver and MJP were handing it to Lebron and the Lakers.
His mindset shift is incredible especially considering how many of the best surgeons, chiropractors and PT’s that money can buy that have been slicing, dicing, and stretching him in every way imaginable with zero meaningful positive results. And yet they remain completely blind to the mind-body connection and unwilling to rethink the highly profitable but obviously ineffective treatments and bogus diagnosis! His ability to see past that kind of medical expert pressure is remarkable considering his position in life! Rejecting medical advice was easy for me but can you imagine the conversations with the medical team for the Nuggets that he has had? A quick google search yields 100’s of articles documenting every surgical intervention MJP has ever had and whether or not it “worked”. I will save you the time, none of them did. At least not for MJP, but the car his surgeon drives might tell another story for those treating him. It will be curious to see if this non-medical, real cure gets any traction in any main stream media outlets or if this story is reported the same way his unsuccessful surgeries were.
He is obviously a super nice guy but is it about time that all of us that have healed quit giving the medical/surgical back pain industry a free pass on the evidence about chronic pain and degenerative disc disease? What Michael, numerous professional athletes and millions of every day Joe’s are enduring in Doctor’s offices across the country amounts to medical malpractice. At some point we need to start calling this what it is and recognize that this is no longer an industry wide lack of knowledge and the individuals perpetuating this non-sense need to be held accountable for their irresponsible actions.
Michael recognized the emotional root cause, and developed the empowered mindset required to heal while managing to bravely reject years of expert advice that was keeping him in a never ending cycle of pain and dangerous medical interventions. He is clearly thinking emotionally instead of physically, and he has developed a mindset that he is not broken physically or emotionally. He has correctly eliminated the pain distraction in order to work on his emotions that were the root! Just exactly like how this worked for me and should work for so many more than it currently does! His empowered mindset is inspiring!
Kudo’s to Nichole Sach’s and her ability to reach and impact a high profile and highly influenced individual like this. This could be huge for the TMS Sarno mind-body prescription in the sports industry and beyond! These top levels athletes spend incredible amounts of money to get any small advantage. This work could revolutionize the industry if it gets traction.
If you have heard of the TMS mind-body connection to chronic pain or even if you haven’t this is a great place to start. Then come back here and read my healing story!