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Zorlee
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 Posted - 12/25/2007 : 13:21:38
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Hi! I've been suffering from RSI in my forearms for over one year now. I did a LOT of drumming and suddenly my right hand cramped. Then one month later my left hand, then it just got worse.
I've tried EVERYTHING, 3 physiotherapists, acupuncture, reflexology, chiro, yoga, exercising/stretching and whatnot.
Nothing worked, not even complete breaks from all activities.
My life as a teenager the last year and a half (I'm only 18!) have been hell. Three days ago I read (quite randomly) about this Sarno's book at the RSI forum. Then I suddenly started to see some logic in this. This is why:
- I've focused 100% on the pain in my arms, and constantly thinking about it, and not doing ANY activities, because it might cause more damage
- Constant fear of pain
- No diagnosis - only that it's an overload injury and "probably tendonitis"
- I'm 18 years old and I'm currently in my best shape ever (been doing a lot of cardio - one of my therapy thingies to get my arms better... At least my cardio is better, bah!)
After I read this I started to believe it. Of course I'm a bit sceptical to this whole thing, BUT for two days now I've not feared typing... And I've been typing all day these past days. And that is pretty amazing! Of course I have some symptoms, but I don't focus on them nearly as much, and therefore they seem to go away, only turning on sometimes when I think of my arms.
I haven't tried drumming, and I will gradually go back to normal activities. The main changes that have happened in my head is:
- I don't fear pain really... Maybe a little, but not nearly as much as before
- My main goal before was "I must get pain-free", my main goal now is getting my life back, and then, hopefully, the pain will go away sooner or later
I feel that this constant look after a new remedy, 100% focus on pain and fear accosiated with the pain have gone away. At least for now.
I only hope that this "spirit" will keep on going, even when I have fallbacks, even when I doubt this thing.
I hope that some of you can hold me by the hand when I'm going on this journey... Give me some success stories, giving me some tips.
I haven't read Sarno's book, but I will order it ASAP.
AND I have typed all of this with no pain at all really, just a little tickle feeling in some of my fingers from time to time, but I don't mind that, hehe!
Yours,
Zorlee
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art
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Posted - 12/25/2007 : 15:25:30
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Zorlee,
I admire your insight and wisdom. Rare in such a young person. You're in the right place. Read the book, ask questions if you have any. TMS and its treatment have the virtue of being easy to understand, in their broad outlines anyway....
All the best,
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Zorlee
12 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2007 : 01:38:49
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Thank you very much for your reply! =)
I tried some drumming yesterday (after writing the post) and I played for 20 minutes without problems, so this is deffinitely something I want to keep on doing.
I just have one question for the moment. I read a lot about "finding the true source" of the pain, digging into you unconciousness, finding emotions that might cause the pain.
For me, I really feel like the fear of the pain and constant focus on my arms are the main reason why the pain/symptoms are there.
Is this a "good enough" reason? I mean, I don't have any obvious traumas, other than things that I have dealt with. And I have felt great success these past days, when I took a stand towards these two points (fear of pain and constant focus on the arms).
Do I need to dig further? If you know what I mean?
Thanks again!
Zorlee
EDIT: Holy! I just played 45 minutes on my drumkit.. No pain at all, just a couple of tingling feelings, but they disappear after a couple of seconds. This is sick...! Hope this will continue... =) |
Edited by - Zorlee on 12/26/2007 04:28:01 |
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tennispro
USA
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Posted - 12/26/2007 : 07:06:15
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I think the journaling concept would be worth a try. It really does help to let your thoughts/feelings "go" on a page, and see where it takes you. It can be surprising what comes up. Sarno does say this is quite impt in helping you go into yourself and release/reveal what might be going on inside. This will in turn help you to release the potential repressed emotions that are coming out into physical symptoms.
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HilaryN
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/26/2007 : 07:20:49
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Hi Zorlee,
It’s great to hear of your success!
Here’s the Success Stories forum in case you haven’t already found it:
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=4
That forum is relatively new and there are loads more success stories on this forum, but they are harder to find.
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I read a lot about "finding the true source" of the pain, digging into you unconciousness, finding emotions that might cause the pain.
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Do I need to dig further?
According to Sarno most people don’t actually have to find the repressed emotions causing the pain – you just have to recognise and understand the process which causes the pain.
But as lori says, journaling can be useful.
All the best!
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Edited by - HilaryN on 12/26/2007 07:22:03 |
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koukla
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Posted - 12/26/2007 : 09:15:11
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Hi Zorlee,
I too used to have RSI issues and I am young as well, only 24 when it started. I actually had my success recently and just posted my story in the success stories forum. I went into a lot of detail into all the treatments that I got for other RSI people who had similar experiences.
As for the repressed emotions causing the pain, I didn't have any obvious trauma either. I do, however, have a perfectionist/people pleaser personality which results in a lot of daily stress and internal strife. At the time when I developed RSI TMS I was going through a very stressful time, but I am the kind of person who tends to be generally stressed out with life all the time. Good luck with your recovery. It seems like soon you will be posting your success story too. |
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Zorlee
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Posted - 12/27/2007 : 12:49:10
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HOLY! HOLY! HOLY!
What I did today:
1-2 hours of typing - check
Driving around WITHOUT Servo-drive - check
1 hour of Xbox gaming - check
1 1/2 hour of general strength training incl arms - check
1 hour of drumming (!!!!!) - check
HOLY HOLY HOLY!!!
I'm still going strong. This is miracle... I've only known about TMS for 5 days, and I've had these symptoms for 1 year and three months.
Man, this is insane.
I can't truly believe it, yet I'm experiencing the vast difference!
Thank you so much for sharing this me...
It's sick that just a random post on the RSI forum made my life change. Man...
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scottjmurray
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Posted - 12/30/2007 : 13:48:09
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Damn your quick recovery. 
Mine took a bit longer than yours, but basically you compressed what I did in a few months down to a few days. I think it's really crucial to get over that prison of fear, and you seem to be doing an excellent job of that. You're one of those people that's particularly receptive to Sarno's ideas, and for that you are lucky.
If you're interested in the recovery steps, I've got a big article on it here:
http://tms-recovery.com/?p=16
Let me know if you find it helpful.
http://www.tms-recovery.com/
A collection of articles on emotions, lifestyle changes, and TMS theory. |
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Zorlee
12 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2007 : 17:59:02
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Thank you very much! =)
I've known about TMS for about a week now, and I'm still good to go. I was a bit afraid that this was all "false hope" and that I would be back to normal, crap RSI symptom-hell after a couple of days, but hey! I'm still going strong, and fighting this thing!
I've done a lot of activities, playing drums one hour a day, weight training and continuing doing chores, X-box playing and much more I forced myself not to do before, because of the "RSI".
This might sound strange, but I think that the reason why something just "clicked" for me, was that I did a clear choice. I'd been wanting to go back to my life, but I didn't have any activities to do. Then, last week, I read a lot of stuff about TMS. After I read it, I said to my self: "What the heck, I'll go out and buy myself an Xbox!" This was a very practical choice, but at the same time I made a choice - I didn't care that much, all I cared about was to get back to my life.
I think this had something to do with the speed of the recovery. I can't say I'm feeling 100%, but that isn't my main goal anyway. The symptoms are managable, and I don't really care about them at the moment. I'm just living life, and currently everything is working out great. It's very strange, and noone really believes what've happened, other than my very close friends/family, so I'll have to come up with a "cover", so that people won't think I'm a total freak. Then I'll just smuggle in some TMS info along the way, haha!
Have a good new year! ;) |
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Hello! Giving Sarno's approach a try!
