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JPJ
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 Posted - 12/11/2004 : 08:47:45
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HI. I have a friend that had surgery 3 months ago for an abdominal hernia and a second one 2 months ago to correct some problems with the first surgery. He has still strong pain from the surgery but also developed knee pain that is bothering him quite strongly. Can it be some manifestation of TMS?
I am myself strugling with TMS and I had some discussions with my friend about it.
Anyone to comment on this?
Also does anyone knows if there are doctors dealing with TMS in Quebec, Canada?
Thanks.
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Edited by - JPJ on 12/11/2004 09:21:59 |
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tennis tom
USA
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Posted - 12/13/2004 : 04:14:06
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Welcome to the board JPJ,
Sorry, it seems your post got ignored do to the board's recent distraction with a spate of self-flagellation.
There are only a very small handfull of TMS doctors on the planet. You can find them in the links on the home page. The good news is that you don't need a doc to "cure" TMS. All you need is to read and re-read Dr. Sarno's books.
All injuries, pains, sensations, and twinges can be TMS or have a TMS component to them. Fear is the volume control for TMS pain.
Read the board, Sarno's books and feel free to ask any questions. |
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JPJ
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Posted - 12/17/2004 : 13:33:46
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Thank you for your reply Tennis Tom, I have read some of your interesting comments to numerous other people questions.
So, you are telling me that in the case of my friend abdominal surgery, the knee pain he is getting CAN be TMS?
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tennis tom
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Posted - 12/17/2004 : 23:08:26
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JPJ,
Any part of the body that has nerves running to it or has a blood supply, that can be reduced by the autonomic nervous system, CAN be subceptible to TMS. That is a vast oversimplification. If your friend jumped off a four story building, landed on his feet, the pain he would feel would be real for quite some time and perhaps over a longer period of time develop into chronic TMS pain. If he woke up one day with knee pain and didn't do any strange contortion in his sleep, that would probably be pure TMS psychogenicly induced pain. It would probably go away in about a week or less.
Hope that helps. If it doesn't read and re-read Sarno.
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TMS after abdominal Hernia surgery? + TMS doctors
