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FlyByNight
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 Posted - 02/15/2007 : 21:14:15
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Has anyone red in Sarno's books if Hemifacial spasms, which manifest as a focal hypertony of the facial expression muscles of either the left or right half of the face (including eyelid, cheek, jaw, lips), could originate from TMS or be a TMS equivalent????. In conventional medicine, HS are usually attributed to a compression of the root of the facial nerve by a malformation of a blood vessel in the skull ...
Maybe DrZiggle would have something to say about it.
thanx in advance
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tennis tom
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Posted - 02/18/2007 : 18:30:48
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Never heard of that one. Is it like Bell's Palsey, which Sarno says could be TMS? If it's a new disease, I would be suspect that it could be TMS. The body hasn't changed much in the last few million years, I doubt if new diseases crop up overnight. Any physical condition can have a TMS component whether it's legitimate or purely psychogenic.
TMS is the volume control for the pain. Sarno's example was the WWII study of wounded soldiers needing little or no morphine for injuries because the knowledge that they would be off the battle-field was sufficient to minimize their pain. |
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FlyByNight
Canada
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Posted - 02/18/2007 : 20:05:02
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pain is one thing ... Muscle spasms are another one ... Both appear to be part of TMS of course ...
Hemifacial Spasms is close to Bell's Palsy but its not exactly the same thing ... The way I understand it is that bells palsy litteraly make one side of the face 'numb'and like hot butter that melt down ... Hemifacial spasms are 'supposely' caused by 'anarchic nerve firing' which is cause by a compression of the root of the facial nerve close to the bainstem by a blood vessel that 'supopsely' compress that nerve ...
As it is involving 'nerve compression, Im just wondering if it can be treateed as TMS just like good old nerve compression by disk material in the lumbar area ...
just wondering ....
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tennis tom
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Posted - 02/18/2007 : 22:25:33
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