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lilykins
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 Posted - 03/23/2006 : 18:11:31
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| Hi, everyone! I wanted to just share a few things about the recovery process I'm going through right now. I have had low back pain in the past and suffered with severe sciatica for the past 6 months. (Took around 3200 mg of ibuprofen and sometimes some vicodin every day). Since reading HBP about 3 weeks ago, I've felt much better but still have pain every day and wake up with it some nights. Last week, I read Fred Amir's book and have started with some visualization and the like. I also started doing sit-ups last week because I've been told I should NEVER do sit-ups with my herniated disc. Today, I went for 13 minutes on my elliptical machine at a fast pace, did 20 sit-ups and 12 push-ups! I still have pain every day; I wish I could have just 1 absolutely pain-free day so I would know that I can. But I'm happy with how far I've come, anyway. |
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bend-over-backwards
USA
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Posted - 03/23/2006 : 18:42:28
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Lilykins,
Just wondering are you doing the psychological work that Sarno discusses in HBP and MBP?
All is not as it seems . . . |
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lilykins
USA
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Posted - 03/23/2006 : 18:46:49
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bend-over-backwards;
Yes, absolutely. I started with only doing that until I felt better, then gradually started walking and doing other things. Only this week have I been doing sit-ups and more exercising. It feels so good to exercise! I have found most of my success in "talking to my brain" so far. It's just that I still have pain in my hip/ buttock and want it all to go away!! |
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Dave
USA
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Posted - 03/24/2006 : 08:06:56
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You are doing great. Remember to praise yourself for every little success, and do not set any unreasonable goals.
Saying "I wish i could have just 1 absolutely pain-free day" is counterproductive. Treat recovery as a process. Have faith in the process. Don't try to measure the results. This is not a "cure" this is a fundamental life-long change in the way you think about and react to pain. |
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wrldtrv
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Posted - 03/24/2006 : 22:08:52
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| I hope you are no longer taking 3200 ibuprofen/day. That's a huge dose and very hard on the stomach. By the way, did you know you can get the same benefit with situps if you only rise a few inches off the floor? That would also eliminate any worry about doing your discs any harm. Sounds like you are doing great. |
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ssjs
USA
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Posted - 03/25/2006 : 06:54:37
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doing the situps won't harm the discs anyway, and if it continues to be a lingering doubt, then you will have pain.
Get rid of all doubts and just plunge in.
I started running the day after I realized that my foot was paralyzed from my sciatic pain. It actually couldn't move.
The moment Dr. Sarno told me I was fine,after the neurologist he sent me to told me I wasn't, I just plunged in and was fine forever more.
Really.
Had I tried to get better bit by bit, it never would have worked. For me it wasn't a process. It was a commitment. It's been almost 20 years now.
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lilykins
USA
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Posted - 03/25/2006 : 07:29:19
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| Thanks for the support and comments, everyone! I agree with the sentiment that doing sit-ups won't hurt my discs, and I'm not afraid to do them (after 10 years or more of being afraid of them!) I am doing so much better and no, I'm not on meds anymore. I really feel like this will be a "cure" for me, though I know I may have small episodes of pain later in life, I don't intend to ever be incapacitated for months at a time by it again. |
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ssjs
USA
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Posted - 03/25/2006 : 17:21:41
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Why think you will have any pain later on in your life?
You must be totally positive or you will have pain.
If you know you will have pain...then you WILL
If you know you won't have pain...then you WON'T
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just sharing
