Mitchell Yass - The pain cure Rx : the Yass method for diagnosing and resolving chronic pain

Praise for The Pain Cure Rx

If you are suffering with chronic pain, this book is for you.

Deepak Chopra, M.D.,
New York Times best-selling author of The Future of God

Every once in a while a book comes along that will
completely transform a fieldthis is that book for pain.

Haylie Pomroy,
New York Times best-selling author of The Fast Metabolism Diet

After working with Dr. Yass for so many years as an expert
for many articles in our newsletters, I am so happy to see that
he is now providing a complete guide to understanding his method
of diagnosing and treating chronic pain. I have personally shared Dr. Yasss
approach with countless people, cautioning them away from surgery and
towards the right type of exercise. None of them ended up requiring surgery!
If you are in pain, this book should be your first stop towards healing.

Marjory Abrams, Publisher of Bottom Line Publications,
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ALSO BY DR. MITCHELL YASS

Overpower Pain: The Strength-Training Program
That Stops Pain Without Drugs or Surgery

Copyright 2015 by Inky Dinky Worldwide, Inc., and Mitchell Yass

Published and distributed in the United States by: Hay House, Inc.: www.hayhouse.com Published and distributed in Australia by: Hay House Australia Pty. Ltd.: www.hayhouse.com.au Published and distributed in the United Kingdom by: Hay House UK, Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.uk Published and distributed in the Republic of South Africa by: Hay House SA (Pty), Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.za Distributed in Canada by: Raincoast Books: www.raincoast.com Published in India by: Hay House Publishers India: www.hayhouse.co.in

Cover design: Michelle Polizzi
Book design: Tricia Breidenthal
Interior photos: Mitchell, Lisa, and Natalya Yass
Interior illustrations: Scott Leighton, Board Certified Medical Illustrator

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private useother than for fair use as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviewswithout prior written permission of the publisher.

The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Yass, Mitchell T, 1961

The pain cure Rx : the Yass method for diagnosing and resolving chronic pain / Dr. Mitchell Yass.

pages cm

ISBN 978-1-4019-4724-8 (hardback)

1. Chronic painTreatmentPopular works. I. Title.
RB127.Y37 2015
616.0472dc23

2014044647

Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4019-4724-8

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
1st edition, June 2015

Printed in the United States of America

To my wife, Lisa, who has seen
me through my darkest days,
and to my daughter, Natalya,
who is our light.

CONTENTS

Chronic pain has become an international epidemican estimated one billion people across the globe suffer every day. And what Ive found over my 20 years of treating pain is that many of these people suffer needlessly. While the existing medical model for treating pain isnt helping, there actually is hopeand thats what this book is about: an alternative model of treatment that resolves pain quickly and effectively without surgery or medication.

During my career, I have treated more than 14,000 patients, many of whom came to me as a last resort before surgery or as a follow-up after surgery that didnt resolve their pain. Many of them had been told that they would have to manage their pain using drugs for the rest of their lives or, worse, that there was nothing left to try in their efforts to find reliefthey would simply have to live with the pain.

Case after case, I heard the same story: the patient had gone to the doctor, and diagnostic tests, like MRIs or X-rays, were done. A structural variation, such as a stenosis, a herniated disc, a meniscal tear, or arthritis, was found, and this became their diagnosisit was the cause of their pain and they were treated based on this. Medications were used; injections, epidural nerve blocks, and a host of other treatments and procedures ensued. Some would mask the pain for a short time, but ultimately the pain returned and surgery was presented as the only remaining option. And then they had a terrible choice to make: get a surgery that didnt assure pain relief or try to manage the pain. In some cases patients were told that they would be paralyzed if surgery wasnt performed. Others were told that surgery may or may not help, and that it was in fact completely up to them when and if to move forward. In all cases, this horrible decision was left completely in the patients hands.

The thousands of people who came to me were hoping for what they considered a miracle. What they didnt know was that there were no miracles needed. Resolving their pain was strictly a case of using logic and analysis to figure out the true cause of their pain, so it could be properly addressed.

In 90 to 95 percent of the cases where doctors had identified a structural problem as the cause of pain, I found something completely different. What I discovered as I worked with people was that most of the pain they experienced actually came from muscular weakness or imbalance rather than structural problems.