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Dave
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 Posted - 07/13/2006 : 13:13:17
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Originally posted by Singer_Artist
The biggest part of my tightness is in the upper right side and looking up is impossible...
There you go using that word "tightness" again and focusing on your physical symptoms.  |
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art
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Posted - 07/13/2006 : 13:15:10
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Since this old thread has been resurrected, I thought I'd chime in with a little update...
My post-run stiffness has actually improved a bit..I can't say I've really been making any concerted effort to treat this as if it were TMS, but I have at least thought about it some, and maybe that's enough..It certainly has been in other areas..
I find I generally wake up the next day with sore heels (which in days past would have rung plantar fasciitis alarm bells, but now I just blow it off), and some normal over-all stiffness, but much less than in the past///I'm also noticing much less stiffness during a run...I used to get so stiff sometimes I'd have to stop and rest, a pathetic sight if ever there were one..Criminy, I'm only 55...
Now if I could only convince myself that my slowness were TMS I'd be all set...If I ran any slower I'd probably fall over... |
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Singer_Artist
USA
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Posted - 07/13/2006 : 13:34:45
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Thanx Maryalma...I realize you are just stating the obvious to me and I probably didn't need to even ask...I won't ask 'how long' again because I know it is different for everyone...7 weeks in a row is too long for me already,,,although i have been thru this b4 and it was alot longer then that...
Funny thing (or not so funny) is that I actually hit my knee that was injured in a fall last year against the computer desk last night...There was some local swelling (minor) and it is sore today...Some of the soreness is on the outside of it near where my 'anterior flattened meniscus' was...I had an MRI after a very bad injury, the second of three to the same knee...In the case of the knee it started out all 3 times as a bad injury (once i was casted for 8 weeks when i tore ligaments) the other two times it healed w/o such interventions...BUT...as Sarno points out if something takes months and months to heal that isn't normal..that is TMS...Our bodies heal very well as he says and it's true..So I am wondering if I unconsciously hit my knee to try to get my mind off of my neck! Now my neck must be TMS for a million different reasons...I had to miss my walk this morning which my neck has been enjoying as well as the rest of me...I am fighting getting depressed about this...I will probalby be back to walking again in the next day or so..I am just icing and I am sure it will be okay..I was sitting when i bumped it, it wasn't like smashing it into a curb like last year... |
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marytabby
USA
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Posted - 07/13/2006 : 13:52:54
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Try to relax and not over-analyze all this.
Sometimes we bump our knee and it swells.
I twisted my ankle July 4th on a hilly lawn after a few glasses of wine. Now it's swollen. I'm not analyzing it as a substitute for another unconcious thing, just accepting it for what it was. I was buzzed, I lost my balance. Stuff happens. That's all. Try to not obsess on how long, how many aches and pains. You're letting it consume you.   |
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Singer_Artist
USA
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Posted - 07/13/2006 : 14:08:25
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Thanx Maryalma,
I hear you...I am just damaged from the past knee injuries in this case...I have had 3 serious and very real knee injuries...Twice it took longer then it should to heal..so i see that as it turning into TMS at that point..You are right about not making a big deal out of it mentally...cuz what we focus on expands....I need to believe it will be okay...and yes...i need to stop thinking about the PHYSICAL....AHhhhhhhhhhhhh! so frustrated w/ myself.. |
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