I went from marathon to bedridden in a matter of months in my long covid journey. I suffered debilitating symptoms for months before finding mind body work and brain retraining. I cannot overstate how important this work is - it saved me from the darkest chapter of my life. Understanding that my symptoms were neuropathic and adopting journaling, meditation, and somatic tracking was the most important thing in my healing journey. Recovery is possible.

After 4 years of diagnosis, therapies, and pills I found your book and pod cast. My pain is 90% better. All of the strategies have helped me so much. Thank you!!!

I’ve been suffering from horrible back pain and radiating pain down my right leg for two years. A discectomy didn’t really solve the problem. This podcast was mind blowing in teaching me to address the pain from a different perspective. I’m in the process of doing the work — doesn’t seem like it’s going to be a quick fix for me — but I’m very hopeful now! Thank you! I wish I could work with these guys personally!

Just listened to “how can I tell if my brain is causing my pain”. Host tells person and live audience that gardening and vacuuming are the same - both postures hunched over. Not true. Gardening is involves forceful, stabbing into earth with arms and legs. Activates big muscles. For those with pains related to muscle groups that we work together, fascial tightness can result in wrong muscle groups being used for the activity. Small muscles along spine as opposed to big muscles. That’s what happens with vacuuming. It’s not what happens with gardening if you are digging. I’ve been working on my pain for six years with PT/bodywork person. She made me aware of this. Take a look at Meyers book Anatomy Trains – this is about relationship between muscles in the body and fascia that wraps them in groups. At another point in the podcast he says pain that moves around is a clue to it being brain pain. Fascial lines are connected to each other. Your pain moves around because different parts of your fascia become tight or restricted as you use your muscles. The only positive thing I would say about this podcast after sampling 2 episodes is that yes, fear of pain causes you to tense up. That’s true. I find if I accept that I am working on my pain and try to have a more relaxed attitude about it, I don’t compound it with tightening up my diaphragm/pelvic floor. But some of that is unavoidable because it’s sub- cortical. I have recently tried NMES device- very helpful. Would be the exact opposite approach to this podcast’s focus on your concious mind. ( btw I am just regular person not any kind of specialist and not paid by anybody to promote or disprove anything! Just a person still working on resolving pain.)

I stopped listening to this podcast after about four episodes because using what I learned, I was able to get rid of my pain. It feels like a miracle. I’ve been going to chiropractors and doing PT for a year to resolve terrible lower back pain that I was thinking I was gonna just have to deal with for the rest of my life. By reframing how I think about my pain and using the pain-imaging technique they suggest, I was able to get rid of pain when it cropped up and occurrences of my pain reduced and reduced. Now I feel the back pain maybe once or twice a day a few days a week at like a level two at most and I’m able to get rid of it using the technique. All this from not even 2 hours worth of listening! This podcast is incredibly impactful. Thanks for making it.

I can listen to these guys all day long. It’s sooo helpful and I am so glad I found it.

This podcast has been incredible in helping me learn to identify and effectively respond to neuroplastic symptoms. My symptoms, including pain, fatigue, and anxiety, have lessened as a result, and when I do have a flair up I can much more easily identify what is going on (my brain is on a rant), send myself messages of safety, and give myself more of what I’m needing. I recommend listening to the episodes repeatedly so the learnings can sink in more deeply over time. Alan and Alon are really funny and endearing as well.

This podcast and their book “The Way Out” helped me completely resolve my nerve pain. I was in total despair for months, truly believing I was stuck like that and worried it would keep getting worse. Through learning about neuroplastic pain, hearing other people’s success stories, and using somatic tracking, my nerve pain went away in less than 2 weeks! I still have some other symptoms I am dealing with but this stuff truly works and it’s helping me tackle those as well.

So glad I discovered this podcast… it’s been useful in helping me understand and reduce pain, anxiety, and hypersensitivity!

So happy I found the Curable App. and community and now the Podcast! It is truly helping me to re wire my brain and help me to reduce my pain. Thank you!

Alan’s book The Way Out and this podcast have really helped me start working through my chronic migraine. So grateful!

And this really helps to understand the neuro science behind chronic pain. Thank you both.

Great podcast, but don’t join the Facebook group. It’s unfortunately been co-opted by toxic “moderators” playing as therapists and giving unhelpful and often condescending advice. Really a shame. However Alan Gordon’s book is well worth the read and made a big positive impact in my life.

These have been my saving grace. Please do more!!

I believe that there is a strong psychological component to pain, and it’s good to hear the issue brought to a wider audience. But the calls with listeners I find deceptive. The hosts speak to dlstraught callers in soothing tones and inevitably within moments, the callers say they feel better. But it is natural for a caller, especially one wanting to believe in TMS, to lean toward telling the host what he wants to hear. There is an element of flim-flam or faith healing to these calls that does a disservice to Sarno and his work.

after hearing an interview with Alan, I read the book, hired therapist and immersed myself in PRT. I’m no fully healed and working as a practitioner. Simple but not easy. Thanks Alan!

Listen to the podcast, get the curable app, buy the book. Concrete steps to help you feel more in control, and hopefully cure your pain, if you’re a chronic pain sufferer.

I’m writing this review and giving 5 stars to keep this podcast high in the list of recommended. This method can and will change your life. Try it, and buy the book, it’s excellent.

It’s no exaggeration to say this podcast has been Life Changing for me. After 10 years of struggling with pain while playing music. I am now playing music everyday with no pain. So greatfull for what you guys are doing.

Alan is woefully reductive about the massive subject of chronic pain. There are obvious benefits to somatic tracking, deep breathing, ext. But please…. This simply reeks of infomercial psychology.

First off, I think I might be a little in love with Alan. That was a lot of free therapy! But Nightingale syndrome aside, this podcast is what really and truly helped me turn the corner from “F*ck you my pain isn’t in my head, it’s REAL!” to “Okay, maybe it’s coming from my brain sending too many danger signals, but it’s not my fault and there IS something I can do about it. Holy sh*t, I might actually be able to be pain free!” So for that, thank you both, truly, from the bottom of my heart. ❤️

I am fascinated by the work of Alan Gordon and have been looking for more resources in addition to his book, The Way Out. I am so thankful to him for making this podcast with Alon Ziv. It has given me hope.

This podcast is a gift

This is a must listen if you suffer any kind of pain! It is life changing. It has helped me so so much! I am so grateful!

Correct: “We too”. As in “we have too”. Incorrect: “us too”. You would not say “us too have published similar results”.

I love this podcast I think it’s incredibly useful for chronic pain sufferers and their friends/families.

This is ridiculous and minimizes the credibility of people who suffer from true chronic pain. Migraine pain is not due to fear of pain. When migraine wakes you up in the middle of the night, it is not caused by fear. These 2 people need to understand the clinical phenomenon of what happens when a migraine sets in. Vascular changes in the nerves and brains of chronic migraine sufferers is real. Don’t even try to compare this to your kid’s fear of shots. Ridiculous analogy.

True excellence. In the tradition of Dr. Sarno, but simply and practically realized. An essential and grounded way to touch and shift your own neural networks away from pain. Alarmingly easy, especially with Alan and Alon as thoughtful guides. Listen here for a way to have powerful control over your mind and relief from chronic pain. Thank you A&A.

Alan and Alon, thank you for your podcast. I feel I’m finally on the right path with your techniques. I love that you tackle the dark subject of chronic pain in such a delightful manor. Your examples are relatable and enlightening. Just got started on your book as well. Thank you for helping when no one else could. It’s been a long frustrating battle with pain and you’ve been the light I needed.

I just wanted to take a moment and say thank you for creating such an impactful podcast! I believe that we all have a voice that deserves to be heard. Thank you for putting this into the world! BE UNBROKEN! @MichaelUnbroken

I got cured from chronic pain in April 2020 using Alan’s protocol, available for free on the TMS Wiki. I went to pain specialists, had MRI scans done, got cortisone injections, and saw chiropractors, physical therapists and masseuses to no avail. I read many books on TMS and tried out other protocols, but they didn’t work for me. I highly recommend Alan’s work. He has never gotten a dime from me but helped me more than the U.S. healthcare system. I paid thousands of dollars in out of pocket insurance costs for traditional treatments, which didn’t work at all. When I started implementing what Alan teaches, I felt relief within a couple of days. Within two weeks 90% of the pain was gone. I relapsed briefly when the pandemic lockdowns started. Then I went back to the principles he teaches. I’ve been able to get through a pandemic, losing a 10-years job, starting a company, and other life events without relapsing. No pain, even though doctors say that I have compression issues in my lower back. Whatever! :-)

I’ve never been more hopeful for long term solution to my chronic pain !! Thank you Both !! This podcast along with the Curable app, has significantly reduced my pain levels - and I’ve only been doing this for a week ! I have RSD/CRPS Type I in my left leg (15 years), in my left arm (5 years) and last October the disease began to spread into organ systems throughout my body. Somatic tracking and the Curable exercises are Significantly reducing pain levels because a large amount of RSD pain is neuroplastic. I highly encourage any chronic pain sufferer , especially those with RSD, to use Curable and listen to this podcast !

Love this show. It has been a tremendous help to me!

Thank you so much for this podcast - I cannot say enough how wonderful it is - so informative, so comforting and reassuring, and, you guys are funny toooooo - what a combo. Your work is so important and changing lives. Thank you for bringing me relief and inspiration - I appreciate it so much!!!!

Read Dr Sarno’s book 2weeks ago. Found the website TMSwiki a week ago. Found this podcast today. My back pain has been reducing. Thank you so much A. Gordon. I’ll probably be caught up on this podcast by tomorrow. Love it!!!!!!

Highly recommended for anyone suffering from chronic pain. This show is a goldmine. Thank you!

Thank you Alan and Alon! What you say makes so much sense and has given me a great amount of relief. I appreciate your sweet and simple instructions and your sense of humor. You are making the world a better place. Love to you both!

So incredibly grateful to have found this podcast. It’s interesting, funny and most important, it’s accurate. If you have chronic pain, just know that you will find relief here, and the tools and mindset to even heal. I’m am eternally grateful to have found you guys!

Great podcast... Looking forward to more episodes!

With the level of chronic pain sufferers out there, this information is invaluable. In my own life experience, their comments and interviews are both very insightful and closely match previous experiences with chronic pain.

They are so clear and articulate in explaining the science behind pain. And the two of them together are very funny. This makes it more palatable to listen to a subject that can be quite difficult for those of us experiencing chronic pain. It really should be on video so we can see Alon's bunny paws!

I highly highly recommend headspace app pain series in connection to somatic tracking that they talk about. That sitting with the pain , watching is used in the series and SO helpful at learning how to do it.

I just want to appreciate this podcast for the incredible help it has provided me. I am an MD who has suffered from chronic pain/ fibromyalgia for 10 years, I had tried so many modalities to help me heal, but this podcast has been the MOST EFFECTIVE of all. I am blown away. A huge thanks to the hosts for their knowledge, humor and, clear way of explaining the brain science and how this all works. I cannot recommend this podcast highly enough!!

Highly recommended if you want a new approach to chronic pain

As a therapist I am so excited about the work that they are doing here. And, that they are bringing it to as many people as possible through this podcast. This is something that needs to be common knowledge as we navigate not only our pain, but our anxiety and depression. Five stars is not enough.

I have been dealing with chronic pain for 30 years. I have done a lot of work on the mind-body connection, utilize self hypnosis and meditation yet I still find that I am learning a great deal from this podcast series on how to manage chronic pain and how to identify what I can and cannot do about it. Great series and fun to listen to.

I first stumbled upon this app, curable a bit over a year ago. I remember the first podcast episode I listened to was about a woman named Susan who suffered from chronic migraines. As a migraine sufferer, this episode rlly resonated w/ me and gave me hope. It honestly brought me to tears. I think it was the first time I even considered the possibility of “getting better”. These podcast episodes have given me so much hope and insight into the roots of my chronic pain. I am endlessly grateful for this app, for the perspectives on pain it has given me. I honestly can’t put into words how much this podcast has helped me in dealing with and lessening my pain (bananas). Thank you so much. 🥺

I have a lot in common with Dr. Alan’s story. I’m currently afraid to do anything because I think I will hurt my back. I’m currently trying to overcome the fear of the pain. I believe I can do it. I’m currently listening to the curable app.....that’s how I found this podcast.

Having suffered chronic pain for over 25 years with the past 2 being the worst, I am soooooo glad I found this podcast......I have been on the search for the Holy Grail of healing and relief and this FINALLY makes sense in an easier to grasp way.......Thanks

This information is a game changer! Thank you for sharing your insights, research, and stories with us. I’ve had chronic low back pain for 2.5 years, and I’ve tried all the things to help. This is what I’ve been missing! I feel very seen and understood by you. For anyone struggling with chronic pain, this is a must-listen!