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Webdan65
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 Posted - 08/30/2007 : 17:19:00
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Well about 7 weeks ago I had a major episode. Many of you remember my story - being stuck on the floor for 14 hours...blah blah blah...wah wah wah. LOL Anyway, I've been really feeling pretty good. Pushed myself to start running on my treadmill and doing some weight training this week. First in a LONG time. I would say I've been about 95% with only the minor twinge.
The last hurdle I need to get over is the fact that every time I play golf, I hurt for two days. I know it's TMS pain. I get very aggravated on the course when my shots don't come off well. I also have the guilt of not working and missing some business calls during that time. Personality wise, not much is good enough. People will say nice shot and I'm like..."yeah right".
On the course today - through the round, I could feel the one spot in my back start to tighten up. Not awful - probably a 4 out of 10 on the pain scale. I tell myself that I'm not going to let my frustrations with my game or the guilt of playing instead of working get to me.
Then, when I get home there's that expectation that I'm going to "pay for playing golf" with 1-2 days of pain. I'm going to try to stay active tonight - perhaps even get on the treadmill again. Not just relax and "rest" my back which just plays into the "I'm hurting" ploy of TMS.
Anyone have any thoughts on how they have broken through resuming physical activity and not having pain that comes back as a result. I know it's TMS, but there's always some tiny doubt that it's physical - perhaps the way I'm swinging.
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
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drziggles
USA
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Posted - 08/30/2007 : 20:38:10
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Dude, it's golf--a sport that 80 year old men can play! Should it really be making you be in pain for two days? Doesn't really make sense, does it? I'm sure you do much more strenuous things that don't cause that same problem... Sounds like conditioning to me.
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armchairlinguist
USA
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Posted - 08/30/2007 : 23:05:54
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Dan, you asked about this already. I remembered because I remembered writing up a bit about Fred Amir's techniques for you, so I searched and found it: http://tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3827&SearchTerms=golf,amir
I think asking the same question twice would tend to indicate you may be seeing the "obsession with the symptoms" aspect of TMS come out here.
Stop giving it credence, try some deconditioning work, and I bet you it'll go away.
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Webdan65
USA
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Posted - 08/31/2007 : 06:07:49
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ACL:
Sorry about the duplicate post. I had just gotten back from playing and was pretty frustrated with the pain coming back. I'll go back to Fred's book and see if I can figure this thing out.
Dr. Z - I know it's golf. And that's my biggest frustration that the pain shows up.
I beat most of this - so I'm just going to have to dig a little deeper to tackle this last annoyance.
Thanks....
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armchairlinguist
USA
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Posted - 08/31/2007 : 09:18:16
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Don't worry, I just wanted you to know that you were showing signs that it is TMS by asking again. :-)
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Webdan65
USA
182 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2007 : 11:00:13
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Thanks ACL. Point taken.
It's frustrating that despite all I know of TMS - that I still slip into obsessive thinking. AAArrrrgggghhh!
Is it just me, or is fighting TMS going to be a lifetime thing? Do you know anyone who got rid of their symptoms once and never had to think about it again? |
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armchairlinguist
USA
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Posted - 08/31/2007 : 13:31:06
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There are stories of such people. I don't think any such people hang out on this forum...they are gone gone doing their happy things. :-)
But as far as happy stories, I've had no significant recurrence of my major pain pattern since it went away. That's success for me, and I think that's quite common.
I don't mind working with TMS thinking on an ongoing basis. It helps me be a physically and emotionally healthier person.
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justme
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Posted - 08/31/2007 : 20:06:34
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Thanks, all, for the reminder about the obsessive thinking aspect of TMS. I have that one pretty strong. When you look at this personality trait of mine it:
is postive when it allows me to use my power of focus to accomplish worthwhile tasks
is negative when it gets tied into the TMS loop
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Here it comes again....
