Reddit reviews Therapeutic Neuroscience Education (8748)

https://www.amazon.com/Therapeutic-Neuroscience-Education-Adriaan-Puentedura/dp/0985718641

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VERY readable book here. I read it during a break in classes as a student. Worth every penny and there are books along with this that can help explain pain. Also, check out the "Pain Reframed" podcast, good information there.

If you are truly wanting a medical opinion, then here it is. Just because a MRI showed herniations, stenosis, sciatica, scoliosis and degenerative disc disease (DDD) it doesn't mean much unless your symptoms are consistent with the findings. If you MRI 100 people who have no pain, you will find the same exact findings in the majority of these people. So why do you hurt? I can't tell you that. No one can obviously. But if you live your life based on these diagnoses then you will never get better. If you are truly wanting to get better then I would suggest you look at pain science education. Some ideas are:
http://www.noigroup.com/en/Home

http://www.amazon.com/Why-Do-Hurt-Adriaan-Louw/dp/0985718625/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416717090&sr=8-1&keywords=why+do+i+hurt

http://www.amazon.com/Therapeutic-Neuroscience-Education-Adriaan-Louw/dp/0985718641/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1416717090&sr=8-2&keywords=why+do+i+hurt

No one says you don't have pain but pain science education gives a different perspective on why you do and how to cope with it. Hope this helps