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| patrickneil |
Posted - 03/01/2010 : 00:07:28
What exactly is meant by moving pain? After reading Fred Amir's book I see references to people saying there pain moves almost instantly for example when they put an ice pack on their ankle their calve hurts, etc.
My pain is kind of always alternating between my neck and my back. But it usually every couple days it switches around, is this also 'moving pain'?
Oddly enough, I noticed the past two days that almost at the same time in addition to my normal neck & back pain i had a headache on my right side of my head, my right bottom molar hurt, the right side of my neck was spasming and really tight, my right leg is really stiff, and if i bend my ankle a certain way the top part of my right foot hurts (feels like pins & needles). Has anyone experienced anything like that? |
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| winnieboo |
Posted - 03/01/2010 : 06:48:03
Pain that changes location is moving pain.
Sounds like your issues are classic muscle tension. A physical therapist would tell you that your body is "guarding" an injury, which essentially means that your muscles are tensing up around an area that's hurt or healing. More simply, and regardless of whether or not you have an injury, there are numerous sites within the body where knots or "trigger points" can occur in your muscles, and emotional stress and tension absolutely can contribute to these forming.
The trigger points don't necesssarly hurt in and of themselves (though they can) but they refer pain. One trigger point can refer pain into several different areas and neck triggers send pain into shoulders, teeth, the jaw and face. What can I say, Sarno doesn't get into trigger points and probably doesn't believe in chatting about them. But he does talk incessantly about muscle tension and a trigger point is essentially that.
Sarno also advocates exercise and movement. Gentle stretches are a slow but effective way of releasing that tension, along with whatever emotional work you're doing. Massage works too, if you can take it (I can't), and there are also gentle self-massage techniques which I use with some success. Again, a Sarno purist would tell you to journal and walk and exercise.
If there is one piece of advice I could pass along to someone beginning a TMS journey, it would be this: absolutely heed the Sarno chapters on getting back to your workout routine. I didn't. I was freaked out for too long, and it made recovery more difficult. I used to love my exercise regimen and I was in great shape. Letting that go was depressing, and over time, I only got softer and stiffer. On a happier note, muscle memory is a real phenomenon. A few weeks of serious gym visits work wonders. I have struggled with muscle tension all over my body, most recently on the entire left side of my body, where I felt like I was locked up from my jaw (and teeth--and more!) all the way down my side and into my hamstring. Like a frozen shoulder only a frozen "side." The pain started after a biopsy I had in my mouth. I freaked out (for various reasons), and one by one, my muscles tensed up, over about a month's time.
Things are better now. I've had to force myself to move and stretch and journal every day. Patience with yourself, understanding about TMS, and giving yourself an emotional vent (journaling) and physical outlet work together to reverse the situation.
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