I'll update one of my comments. The book IS crap. He may have stumbled onto a phenomenon, but his explanations are crazy. Deepak Chopra and Freud. Not scientific at all.
That said, despite the utter silliness, somehow I believed his premise that "there's no actual physical problem there, it's just in your head" and _magically_ I stopped having RSI issues. I can type curled up on a chair on my ThinkPad with no pain - before, I needed all sorts of fancy tables with nice ergo keyboards.
So, it's worth starting to read his book (Mindbody Prescription), even though you'll toss it in disgust after an hour, just on the off-chance that you, too, end up tricking yourself into not having pain.
I agree. He does himself a massive disservice by dragging Freud and whatnot into it. Ultimately, what he's saying is "Stress, especially stress you're not aware you have, causes pain. Process the stress and the pain will leave." And that works for at least some people, which is what counts.
That said, despite the utter silliness, somehow I believed his premise that "there's no actual physical problem there, it's just in your head" and _magically_ I stopped having RSI issues. I can type curled up on a chair on my ThinkPad with no pain - before, I needed all sorts of fancy tables with nice ergo keyboards.
So, it's worth starting to read his book (Mindbody Prescription), even though you'll toss it in disgust after an hour, just on the off-chance that you, too, end up tricking yourself into not having pain.