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| robby |
Posted - 12/29/2005 : 12:32:01
I have not posted in a while , but I do read the Forum regularly . About two weeks ago I "injured " my lower back while I was bending over putting on a mower attachment to my tractor. I felt a sharp pain and remember thinking after that initial pain , ignore the event and continue . I felt ok except for some stiffness and disomfort , and continued to do my work. I began to apply "psychological thinking " , and didn't let the fear overcome me. I was doing better after three or four days , the standard stiffness and discomfort in the morning with lessening of the pain during the day . My wife noticed when she looked at my back some bruising in the area of the pain and I remarked that maybe it wasn't TMS .
I went back in the archives and looked under " bruising " but didn't find anything specific that addressed the subject . My question is this ; Does bruising generally exclude TMS , or can an event like this include an actual injury and TMS ?
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| robby |
Posted - 12/29/2005 : 17:12:02
Yes , that does make sense . Bruisings that I have had in the past usually were caused by a trauma to a specific area of the body , not a normally harmless bending position. I've had terrific success using the tms approach to my maladies , although I have not completely stopped them from reoccurring. What has me confused is that this particular event happened at the "perfect" time for a tms attack , for I was a little nervous at the time of the danger in what I was doing , and although slightly nervous , felt really good physically . Some of you may understand what I mean , tms loves to come upon you at times you feel good just to get your attention and make you feel miserable.
Has anyone had a similar experience ?
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| johnnyg |
Posted - 12/29/2005 : 14:41:22
I've never had bruising, but I've noticed a little redness on my low back at times past (way in the past!!) My inclination here would be to ignore the bruise and operate under the assumption that you had a TMS trigger. Some may take issue with this, but it is possible that many TMS triggering events really are "actual" injuries, like overextension or "sprain" of a muscle, but they heal quickly. Years ago before MRI, etc., a doctor probably would have told you to go back to work and not worry about it. Like Sarno says, whatever happened to you, spasm or whatever, it is probably not harmful, but the smart thing to do would be to rule out an unlikely physical injury. |
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