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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by cakeflowfatt[/i] [br]My story - Thanks for sharing everyone. Posting this is another step for me in the healing process. I had a family history of back problems. My father had back surgery which I don't consciously remember but was told about later. He suffered through typical bouts of back pain after that eventually propping himself up with girdle like thing. My troubles started when I was in my 20s. At the time I was working full time and was in a relationship. It was a stressful relationship. I "threw out" my lower back. Certain positions were very painful. My GP asked me a few things and determined it was nothing serious. Sent me off with some antiinflammatorys (which did nothing in my case). I was ok after a few days but problems would reoccur over the next 15 years. In these years I would also get those annoying lesser issues like neck/shoulder/upper back pain (from sleeping/washin my hair etc). In my 40s I got married and had my first child rather quickly. About a year after our first my wife became pregnant again. About this time I developed leg pain. This time my pain would radiate from my hip and would go down my right leg. I would limp after a few minutes of walking. My GP at the time did the logical thing. Asked me to bend to touch my toes (which I did with little pain) and as I sat on the exam table lifted my legs (no pain). This was pre-TMS for me so I didnt accept his diagnosis. I began looking for back doctors. Before I could make an appointment a family member gave me Dr Sarno's book. Just the idea that life stresses could be causing my problem made perfect sense to me and immediately decreased my pain. I read the book and over the next few months my problem subsided. I still have work to do. I get small bouts of re-occurences but not near the level I had before. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.