Sarno originated the term tension myositis syndrome (TMS) to name a claimed psychosomatic condition producing pain—particularly back pain.
He repeated senior year and graduated again from the private Horace Mann School in the Bronx.
achievement is the development, diagnosis, and treatment of tension myoneural syndrome (TMS), which is currently not accepted by mainstream medicine.
[7][9] According to Sarno, TMS is a psychosomatic illness causing chronic back, neck, and limb pain that is not relieved by standard medical treatments.
Sarno states that he has successfully treated over ten thousand patients at the Rusk Institute by educating them on his beliefs of a psychological and emotional basis to their pain and symptoms.