S3 Ep87: Michael Porter, Jr. is FREE of Chronic Back Pain and Playing the Best Basketball of his Life

The Cure for Chronic Pain with Nicole Sachs, LCSW

Nicole Sachs, LCSW

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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I met NBA Denver Nugget's Forward Michael Porter, Jr. at a rather low point in his life. He had been diagnosed with degenerative disc disease while still in his teens, and by the time we crossed paths he'd had three back surgeries that didn't cure his pain. In fact, in the Summer of 2023 when we came together, he was in a flare so bad he was struggling to walk up the stairs. Thankfully for Mike, he is blessed with an open mind and a curious nature. He knew after surgery #3 that he had to find another way to look at his pain, or risk losing his career. After discovering Dr. Sarno's work, he quickly came across mine. Michael's life has never been the same.

He dove into JournalSpeak, boldly and bravely looking at the places he was holding anger, grief, and shame. He examined his childhood, and made profound connections about things like achieving in basketball and his perception of being loved. Paired with the essentials of a TMS mindset and an understanding of the brain science, unearthing these core emotions and truths set him free. Today, Michael is (pun intended) at the top of his game. He has no chronic back pain whatsoever, and when he gets even a hint of a sensation, he need only employ the principles of MindBody medicine to send it on its way. I could go on forever about his uncommon wisdom for a 25-year-old, but I'd rather you hear it from Michael yourself. Enjoy this interview with a true inspiration - a young man who has taken back his life and his power, and has found himself unstoppable. Enjoy! XO n.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Cure for Chronic Pain Podcast with me, Nicole Sachs. You are here.
0:21.0	Hello everybody and welcome to the Care for Chronic Pain Podcast with me, Nicole Sachs. So happy to be here with you today.
0:24.2	Today we have a really special interview for me.
0:28.6	Michael Porter Jr.
0:30.5	has become a friend of mine. He wrote me the sweetest DM back in August of 2023 and it started with
0:42.0	hi my name is Michael and I play in the NBA. and it was
0:44.0	started with hi my name is Michael and I play in the MBA and it was just so sweet that he was
0:48.0	suffering so much after three back surgeries and again was in a pain flare and I was yet to understand his whole story at the time but what I did know is that Michael really needed some guidance and as the universe would have it luck would have it however
1:05.5	you like to explain inexplicable things he happened to be in LA and I
1:12.2	happened to have moved to LA one week prior.
1:15.9	And our paths aligned and we were able to sit down
1:19.0	and talk about the pain he had been experiencing since he was in high school when he was the
1:26.2	number one player in the world and the pressure of a 16 year old you know 17 year old
1:32.2	to have that that title and what it meant to uphold it.
1:36.5	And just a lot of things about what it's been like, somebody who's living under the shadow of
1:40.9	what I guess at the time would have been called injuries but now we know
1:45.3	there was nothing wrong with Michael there has never been anything wrong with Michael's
1:49.9	back just like there's no nothing wrong with my back but he had he had a diagnosis of
1:57.5	degenerative disc disease and he was of course convinced that that was the reason for his pain just like I was convinced
2:05.3	that Spondylolist thesis was the reason for mine and when you start to understand the brain science
2:10.0	behind TMS and why we experience physical pain as a result of an overflowing emotional
2:16.5	reservoir and stored trauma and dysregulation and all the things we talk about here.
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