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tennis tom
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 Posted - 07/12/2004 : 12:27:40
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Dear Gary,
Thanks for that thoughtful last post. I think it clarified your position on TMS very nicely. Since, I believe you are the the foremost wordsmith on this board, I wonder if you could help me to differntiate more precisely between the terms "physical" and "structural". Could you help me, by giving as short a definition of each as possible. Preferably one sentence for each.
Thank you very much,
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austingary
USA
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Posted - 07/12/2004 : 15:34:20
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TennisTom: I wonder if you could help me to differntiate more precisely between the terms "physical" and "structural".
Physical: Relates to the body as distinguished from the mind.
Structural: Relates to the way the body is contructed, put together, arranged.
Examples: Exercise or lack of it is physical but not structural. A tired, strained, sprained or cramped muscle is physical but not structural. A short leg is structural. Permanent arthritic changes in the bone are structural. |
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Irish Jimmy
USA
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Posted - 07/12/2004 : 16:31:09
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| If you read one post on this particular topic read Farmer Ed's 7/11 post. He writes about how he read Dr. Sarno's book the first time and was a little hesitant in his belief that the TMS principles would work. I experienced this doubtfulness at first and so did many of you. If you read some of the letters Sarno, Fred Amir and other TMS docs have recieved, the same initial hesitant feelings are expressed in TMS success stories. This is natural because we as a society have been taught that doctors know best, if they say you have a physical abnormality, then damn it, you have a physical abnormality. TMS "believers" are in the minority, That's reality. Don't tell me if you've been brave enough to tell someone exactly how your treating your pain, you haven't got one look of puzzlement. I'm from Boston, can you imagine how some people would look at me when I explained TMS to them. They would tell me I'm crazy and go get some Tylenol. This is what I mean by keeping the post on a psychological footing. If a sceptical person looking for pain relief after reading about TMS or just finishing Sarno's book, goes looking for some more info on the WEB and discovers this site, and we are on here discussing stretching and PT or what have you, doesn't that send a mixed message? Of course it does. We all didn't read about TMS and go Eureka!! Let's stay on the psycological and follow the program. Sarno's cured thousands we haven't. If you want to start your own recovery program, good luck to you, but this site should be for TMS. Good post Farmer Ed, and congrats. |
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tennis tom
USA
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Posted - 07/12/2004 : 20:14:19
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Thanks Gary, that helps. tt
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