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    Eliminate Back Pain and Other Ailments By Eliminating Fear & Stress

    by Indira Abby Heijnen Jan 28, 2018 3 minutes
    Back pain, fear and stress, by Indira Abby Heijnen, photograph by Rodolfo Sanches

    Photograph by Rodolfo Sanches

    Reclaim control over physical pain by understanding its connection to emotional fear and stress

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    A friend just texted me because her back has gone into acute spasms. She’s in a lot of pain and afraid.

    I knew exactly what she was talking about, since only a few weeks ago I had experienced a very similar situation and I was afraid, too. Why do we go to that place where ‘fear’ lives when we have an issue with our back? To answer this question,

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