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| missangel |
Posted - 05/24/2009 : 12:46:33
My tension is mainly felt in my neck, shoulders, arms, and upper back. I'm right-handed, so at work I'm using this arm to answer the phone, write paperwork, etc. I don't type a huge amount, but I do use the mouse a lot. Most of my pain is felt on the right side. This is also after playing tennis or pool, or anything else that uses force from my right arm (my shoulder will feel like it's about to just break off).
I've read so much on here that people's RSI is actually TMS and has gone away with Sarno's methods. I do believe my problems are TMS, and I have seen improvement over the last month. I'm just bothered that my right side stays much tighter and is more painful than the rest of me. Is it because my repetitive movements on my right side are aggravating the tension that is already there from TMS? Or is it that the repetitive movements were causing the tension in the first place, freaked me out, then the TMS appeared and aggravated the RSI even further? I guess I'm wondering which came first: the RSI or the TMS?
Thanks in advance for any insight on this!
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| DrGUID |
Posted - 06/16/2009 : 08:55:49
We're still in the early days of understanding TMS, but it is intriguing.
My RSI is pretty much cured and I now spend many hours playing a games console - an activity which an RSI sufferer would normally be horrified to do!
I am starting to find out that I can stop other pains in my body now. I suppose this is how some magicians are able to stay under water for long periods/walk on hot coals etc.
I know many people who let their chronic illnesses control their lives, and yet if they knew about TMS they could give up on doctors and medication and get their lives back  .
I walk around the offices where I work and people are using all kinds of wacky anti-RSI mice/mousepads/chairs - I think if I told the occupational health nurse that it was all rubbish they'd sign me off for 6 months with insanity. |
| missangel |
Posted - 06/10/2009 : 13:26:25
I went ahead and ordered Murphy's book. It had so many great reviews, I can't wait to read it! Thanks for the suggestion.
I know of a few changes that really need to be made, inside and out. One being the need to escape my negative work environment. That is such a huge problem, but I believe I can eventually get away from it. I just have to stay focused and not get off track like I have before, while working on my other issues too. |
| sarita |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 14:11:05
missangel! i recommend a high dose of positive, beneficial thinking. a reduction of fear. read murphys book. it brings me on the right track again and again.
let there always always be a little bit of hope.
when my pain was bad, i kept playing the cello no matter what. i kept doing my concerts, i thought, its tms, ill ignore it. that doesnt work either. i was eating and repressing all of the stress it cost me to go ahead no matter what. i was ignoring when body and mind, which is one thing, screamed NO.
its a combination of common sense, believing, peace of mind, HAPPINESS, which will eventually pay off. changes are also required. in yourself as well as in outer circumstances.
tms is NOT an easy thing to understand, to accept. some people need years. i think its more about the way, the awarness, that the full recovery. its our unconsious response to pressure, sadness, stress.
life gives us a lot of obstacles...
FEAR is a huge factor. fear of the pain, fear of what it may be, fear not to be able to face life, its burdens, responsabilities, expectations.
good luck! |
| missangel |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 14:01:02
Thanks Brenda for responding. It helps just knowing others have the same weird symptoms as I do. It really is frustrating, isn't it? Good luck to you too!
Sarita, I most definitely am not as happy as I should be right now, and new stressors keep popping up. It's so hard to stay positive when negative things keep happening. I'm trying to deal with the old stuff along with the new. I often fear the future lately because I have so much to face and deal with, some unavoidable (very ill/dying parent, unsatisfactory job, etc.). I'm constantly trying to escape that "trapped" feeling. I guess I'm just too resentful and fearful. I resent the past and fear the future. I wish I could just focus on the present.
Thanks for the RSI Success Stories link, HilaryN. When I start losing hope, I remind myself to go back and read these stories again!
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| sarita |
Posted - 05/24/2009 : 15:21:58
i think hilary hit the nail |
| HilaryN |
Posted - 05/24/2009 : 14:43:59
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I don't know how TMS would cause this, I always blame my mouse/computer...
It's conditioning.
All RSI / TMS sufferers (including myself) who have recovered originally thought their pain was due to computer use or playing a musical instrument because it would get worse when we did that.
I'm guessing you already read the RSI Success Stories?
Hilary N |
| sarita |
Posted - 05/24/2009 : 13:54:41
SAME HERE. upper back is a problem.
lets look at it this way, i think there is a HUGE psychological component in RSI.
are you really happy, satisfied, fearless, genuinly positive?
btw my right side was sooo much worse.
then sometimes the left, etc. |
| Brenda |
Posted - 05/24/2009 : 13:29:25
Hi Missangel...
I have the right side shoulder, neck and arm thing too...
If I am on my computer for more than 10 minutes it all starts raging..
The aching, tingling, burning, knots and pain...
I tried switching sides with my mouse and used my left hand,and the next day that side would hurt...I have to stay off my computer then I am ok...
I don't know how TMS would cause this, I always blame my mouse/computer...
I do believe I have TMS also...
I really can't help you, but wanted you to know I understand and have the same thing...
I am struggeling to understand TMS myself and how it relates to RSI..
I hope we can find our answers..
Good Luck.
Brenda
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