I will give non-standard advice. I would argue against all the people saying you should read John Sarno or other mind-body connection books. Been there, done t

I will give non-standard advice. I would argue against all the people saying you should read John Sarno or other mind-body connection books. Been there, done that, did not help with tendonitis. There are alternatives thesis that explain why those books help certain people and how the advice did not in fact help them. A good exposition can be found here: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/BgBJqPv5ogsX4fLka/the-mind-body-vicious-cycle-model-of-rsi-and-back-pain https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/BgBJqPv5ogsX4fLka/the-mind-b... Now on your problem. If it is related to chronically pain, you could try to come to Chile and get physical therapy for cheap. The medical system on the US cannot afford to pay for physical therapy, but can afford the pill subscription. There are friends in the US that have used pills for month for what known physical therapy exists, it is sad. Locals tend to use FONASA, which is like the NHS for the UK. Paying from your own pocket (private) it is not cheap for locals, but for north-americans I argue it is. I would say - 40 USD for the private medical session of diagnosis. - 140 USD for 2 months of physical sessions (3 times a week). You can heal a lot of stuff with those cost. Plus the attention has a good cost / benefit ratio. Sure it is no mayo clinic, but you get cured in the end. The physical therapist (kinesiologo) I ended up attending was a college professor on the side. This was in Quilpue, not santiago! Plus he had great attention too! I had RSI. The physical therapist uncompressed the muscles with needles and low voltage electricity. That made my brain realize "oh, those muscles _are_ overloaded" and uncompressed them; it is no acupuncture mumbo-jumbo. Then gave me a routine of exercise to develop the other half of the muscles that were overworked, so they got aligned. Afterwards on the third week I was back at work. I have to do complementary exercises every three days as a precaution (stretching, weights etc), but certainly this is sustainable. I had to do that anyways after 30. I can see myself working for a long time. I don't feel afraid of hacking on OSS at night ;-)