Robert was 62 when his back gave out.
He had just taken over the family textile business after months of tense negotiations with his father—the founder—who didn’t want to let go.
It had been an emotionally draining year. Sleepless nights. Reluctant power shifts. Unspoken family tension.
Then, just days after the deal was signed, Robert bent down to pick up a small package.
“I wasn’t even lifting something heavy,” he told me.
“I just crumpled. The pain was blinding.”
An MRI confirmed it: two herniated discs—L4/L5 and L5/S1.
“And just like that,” he said, “I was a back pain patient.”
The Fear Spiral
Doctors gave him the usual spiel—rest, ice, maybe surgery. He spent months crawling through pain. Afraid to bend. Afraid to sit. Afraid of doing anything that might make it worse.
The fear became its own prison.
That’s when he found me.
He immediately saw himself in what I often describe: the high-achieving, responsible type who always keeps it together—for everyone else.
And who finally breaks when the danger has passed.
After the Storm
Robert’s pain didn’t show up during the worst of the conflict.
It showed up after.
After the arguments. After the transfer of power. After the emotional sprint was over.
That timing mattered. A lot.
Because when we’re in crisis, the nervous system stays mobilized. It’s only when things finally “settle down” that the body says:
Now it’s safe to fall apart.
What the Scan Didn’t Show
Those herniated discs? They were real. But not rare.
A 2015 study in the American Journal of Neuroradiology found that 36% of pain-free 60-year-olds have disc herniations. 50% have bulges. And yet they feel nothing.
So why did Robert collapse?
Because he wasn’t just carrying a box. He was carrying decades of pressure. Resentment. Self-silencing. Fear.
And once the dust settled, his body decided to scream.
When the Fear Let Go, So Did the Pain
The final piece of the puzzle was fear.
As Robert learned to let go of the fear—of bending, of hurting, of being broken—the pain let go of him.
Today, he’s back at work, running the company he once thought he’d have to give up. Not just physically stronger—but emotionally freer.
And all it took was one moment of truth:
Realizing that pain isn’t always a problem in your spine.
Sometimes, it’s a message from somewhere deeper.
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Meet the Doctors Who Dared to Disagree
For decades, patients with back pain have been told the same story: your spine is damaged, your muscles are weak, your body is broken. Surgery, injections, endless physical therapy — yet the epidemic only grows. But a small group of doctors and researchers dared to say: What if the problem isn’t in the back at all?
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These are real stories from people who were stuck in pain—until they tried the Makepeace Method. Now they're free.
One day, you bend down to pick up a sock—and your back goes out.
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