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| Fox |
Posted - 12/07/2009 : 13:54:48
I'm talking with someone where I work - who has Carpal Tunnel/RSI - about Sarno and the RSI success stories. I don't remember reading in the success stories anything about swelling of the hands/wrists - only about pain. Can one of you RSI success story people tell me if you also had observable swelling - or does swelling indicate some sort of structural/mechanical problem after all? (I know for me that I got swelling of the top of the foot and ankle with my PF of the left foot - although not with my right foot when it happened there earlier - and now the PF in the left foot is almost gone - I consider it to have been another one of my TMS tendonitis symptom substitutions - even though there was swelling in the foot that necessitated icing - now that my chronic sciatica is nearly gone after so many years.) |
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| Teddybear |
Posted - 12/20/2009 : 18:32:49
Hello Fox,
In my case of tendonitis, there was only a dull pain in both my right and left arm, no observable swelling whatsoever.
In my point of view, if we want to determine whether a symptom is structural or not, we should not focus on the symptom at hand, but investigate the *context* thereof instead.
For instance, how long has your coworker's body part(s) been swollen? Also, has he or she noticed any sign of improvement at all? Finally, what - according to your coworker - triggered the onset of symptoms? Accidently hitting one's thumb with a hammer more often than not causes swelling and pain, but since it's but structural it should heal in a timely way.
If the physical complaints do not resolve in a timely fashion, and the pain/swelling lingers, your coworker could be a case of tms after all.
On a less serious note,
Fox:" If our autonomic nervous system can restrict blood supply, couldn't our brain initiate swelling - is not that related to blood supply? (I really don't know the mechanics of swelling.)''
I'm not a med student either, but swelling could be the indication of an *increased* blood supply to the body part in question. However, doesn't Dr. Sarno theorize that the pain symptoms are caused by a slight *deprivation* of oxygen/bloodflow? |
| forestfortrees |
Posted - 12/10/2009 : 13:49:25
No swelling for me...
We have about 30 RSI success stories on our RSI page at the wiki. You could use Control-F ("Find") to search through them pretty quickly for the word "swelling," or possibly refer your coworker to it....
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My story at tmswiki.org |
| Singer_Artist |
Posted - 12/10/2009 : 10:26:38
I have had swelling in my fingers related to RSI in my wrists..and yet, I still believe it it TMS..well, not completely..But, i want to! I am typing right now, kind of scared..I have had periods where there were no symptoms then they would come back..My advice..keep trying the TMS approach b4 considering anything invasive..I avoid surgery like the plague! |
| oak |
Posted - 12/09/2009 : 10:22:59
Fox, I had a bad case of 'RSI' earlier in the year in the form of tennis elbow and forearm nerve pain, still have it now but alot better (hence the ability to type..) I had swelling in my forearms, it was visible to me and on my MRI scan. I took a whole load of anti-inflammatory tablets and had 2 cortisone shots in each arm, but neither of these measures had much effect on the swelling... TMS proof. I didn't really improve until I lost the fear of movement. A physical therapist who had a good understanding of pain and the mind body connection really helped me with a program of gradual re-introduction to movement and activities. Very gradual, over months.
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| Fox |
Posted - 12/09/2009 : 06:55:23
Thanks so much for your comment, Gibbon. Do any other RSIers have a comment? Or anyone with a tendonitis type problem - have you also had swelling along with the pain but it still appeared to be a TMS mind-generated problem? If our autonomic nervous system can restrict blood supply, couldn't our brain initiate swelling - is not that related to blood supply? (I really don't know the mechanics of swelling.) (I, however, am 99% sure my PF of the left foot was TMS based even though there was substantial swelling for several days.) |
| Gibbon |
Posted - 12/08/2009 : 11:37:18
no swelling for me......
swelling might indicate something structural...definitly worth getting checked out by the docs first. |
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