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Why this badly written back pain book has a cult following

Tuesday October 28, 2025. 06:15 PM , from BoingBoing
Why this badly written back pain book has a cult following
John Sarno's Healing Back Pain has inspired devotion bordering on the religious. A Seattle group dedicated to repetitive strain injuries reportedly disbanded after reading it and concluding their pain was psychosomatic. Larry David called his treatment 'the closest thing to a religious experience.' — Read the rest
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