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Lou
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 Posted - 09/28/2004 : 19:44:09
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After a few months of putting it off, I went back to playing Basketball(full court).. I had been doing basic gym exercise(bike, weights, etc) But I had hesitated as I have been battling various TMS issues such feet, back, etc.
I made it through without a problem, even though I was thinking about it most of the day. Now I need to keep focused on the fact that the soreness I will have tommorrow will pass in a day...
Has anyone else gone back to vigorous exercise without looking back?
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floridaboy
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Posted - 09/28/2004 : 21:41:17
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| I have pain after almost every exercise session I have. Lately I have been running in preparation for a marathon in January. Had I not read Sarno's book and seen a TMS doctor who confirmed my symptoms as TMS, i would have quit months ago. I read in your post that you laid off for a while from exercising. In my experience, everytime I back off on my TMS reading and journaling I have a very painful workout. My TMS pain comes both while I am doing it and in recovery. I usually find myself doubting the pain as TMS and start serioiusly considering that there is real physical problem. Have you ever had shin splints? Every structural explanation says that it is shoes, stretching, or some foot arch bull%*^(. They argue for orthodics, stability shoes, 30 minutes of stretching and other nonsense advice. I have found that EVERYTIME that I have a bad run with calf and shin pain shooting up my legs and real bad post run tenderness...I read a lot of TMS literature, come here to this site and read success stories (ignore the non-upbeat stuff), journal past and present stressors and traumas. 100% of the time that I follow this strategy of reading and thinking psychologically and go out and work out the next day after the horrific "over-use" shin splint pain, I am just fine. Not perfectly pain free...just fine. The pain has been less than the day before 100% of the time. This is not possible if the source was a structural overuse tendonitis problem. Not possible. Not possible. Not possible. The corollary to this is that on the earlier occasions of pain (even with knowledge of TMS) and when my doubt lingers and I decide to "lay off for a while" to allow some abnormal recovery time...the pain lingers much stronger and longer. They key is you have to ask yourself the simple question...would a normal healthy person need this much recovery time? Run a marathon...you need to rest a couple of weeks....lift weights real hard...give yourself 3 days, play tennis...play tomorrow, play a LOT of tennis...give yourself 2 days. You get the point. You have to decide if your pain is from a traumatic injury or chronic TMS crap. If it is the latter, you must not give it a "lay off" period because you are elevating TMS's status to "real" pain. If the source is injury from impact (torn ACL etc), broken bone, or too much too fast (run a marathon with no training), take a rest and ease back in...if it is TMS, you MUST ignore the symptoms and scream at your brain that you will NOT be intimidated. strange thing this TMS...when you think it is structural/physical and do activity the pain gets worse...when you consentrate on the Sarno approach and tell your brain what you believe the real story is (your cover is blown), the pain after getting back on the exercise horse is never more. It's weird, but it is the true magic of this approach...when you confront it head on...you are almost certainly rewarded...NOT punished. |
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Dave
USA
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Posted - 09/29/2004 : 07:48:00
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Originally posted by Lou
...Now I need to keep focused on the fact that the soreness I will have tommorrow will pass in a day...
Why focus on something that may or may not happen? Why focus on the future at all?
Focus on the present. Congratulate yourself for playing basketball. Feel good about it!
Whatever happens tomorrow will happen no matter what you think today. So enjoy the moment. |
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tennis tom
USA
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Posted - 09/29/2004 : 10:24:38
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Dear Lou,
Yes. I exercise through my TMS pain everyday. I practice my tennis twice a day, 2 hours each session. Sunday I played for "fun" about six hours. My hip locked up pretty tight and I took Monday off. Tuesday I returned to my 3-4 hours of practice, limping along but gradually loosening up and enjoying playing.
My assesment of my "arthritic" hip over the years has changed. I used to think, that when I played and it hurt, that I had scraped away cartelege. I thought, I had to rest it and allow the cartlege to regenerate. I used to take lots of OTC painkillers and glucoseamine-chrondroitin to aid in regenerating the cartelege. I no longer take either. I also no longer do hours of stretching, accupuncture, massage, homeopathy, chiro, blue-green algae, St. John's wort, pilates, meditation, iceing, gravity boots, chi machine, rolfing, a myriad of supplements to numerous to enumerate, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., and other snake oils. I'm not saying that I will never do some of these modalities again--but not with the thought that it will "cure" my TMS. I may do them because they feel good. I found all of them to be placebos.
After re-reading Sarno's opinion on hip arthritis and accepting that it applies to me, I have changed my thoughts, on my hip pain. I no longer think that I am wearing away the cartelege. I now think that my hip muscles tighten up do to TMS-oxygen deprivation to the region causing psychgenic pain.
Hope this helps, it helped me, cheers.
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Lou
USA
41 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2004 : 10:50:59
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Dave...
you are right about the soreness. I am a little sore, but its no big deal. within a hour of wakingup, I feel fine. I biked over 80 miles last week, but was concerned about playing basketball? its amazing how we can rationlize one activity against another.
Thanks for your replies. |
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Conquering the Exercise Fear
