All the Rage (Saved by Sarno)
Year: 2016. Before Pain Reprocessing Therapy had a name, there was Dr. John E. Sarno — the pioneering NYU physician who spent over 50 years telling patients something radical: your back pain isn't structural. It's emotional. And it can be healed.
All the Rage uses a first-person approach to explore Sarno's work and his methods for treating chronic pain, examining the deep connection between emotions and physical health. Through interviews with Sarno himself, esteemed patients, and medical experts, the film invites viewers to profoundly rethink our entire approach to healthcare. Amazon
Who Was Dr. John Sarno?
Dr. Sarno pioneered the idea that repressed emotions — particularly unconscious rage — activate the autonomic nervous system and manifest as real, debilitating physical pain. When patients made the connection between their emotions and their symptoms, they rapidly improved. Over the course of his career at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation at NYU, he developed his treatment program into four bestselling books. Amazon
Dr. Sarno passed away on June 22, 2017 — one day before his 94th birthday. His legacy lives on in the work of every practitioner in the mind-body pain field, including the Pain Reprocessing Therapy movement Alan Gordon built upon his foundations.
Why We Recommend It
This documentary is a powerful entry point for anyone who is skeptical — or simply curious — about the mind-body connection. It's not abstract or mystical. It's science, told through deeply human stories. If you've been living with chronic pain and haven't found answers in traditional medicine, this film may be the perspective shift that changes everything.
