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scd1833
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 Posted - 12/25/2008 : 09:26:26
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I've been getting into yoga as a way to be flexible and decrease stress, but when I do the postures I have mild tms all over. I know it's my fear of exercise biting me in the ass, but what can I do to get through this, I've been journaling, reading, and I'm commited to continuing the yoga, but it is rough.
the odd thing is, is that when I do the postures in class, I feel great! but when I do them at home I get tms symptoms.... this tells me that it is in fact TMS because it is strictly situational'anyone with the same experience?
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hottm8oh
USA
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Posted - 12/27/2008 : 10:21:08
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I do Pilates 2 times per week. Something telling happened to me during my last class. I was doing an exercise, and I felt a sudden pain in my back. I mentally said, "There is nothing structurally wrong with my back." I repeated it three times in my head, and the pain went away. In the past, I would have thought the exercise was the cause of the pain. Now I know better.
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yogaluz
USA
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Posted - 12/27/2008 : 17:53:30
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Consider doing hot yoga. For years I suffered "injuries" doing other types of yoga (Ashtanga, Iyengar). It was just a continually painful process. I started doing Bikram yoga about 8 years ago and though I still work through pain and stiffness, there is something about the heat that mitigates my TMS symptoms. I don't know whether to attribute it to forced vaso-dilation because of the heat or to the fact that the mind is constantly focused on surviving the extreme conditions which work as a complete distraction, but it is the primary form of intense exercise I have been able to maintain all these years.
One other benefit of this yoga for me has been an odd release of memory during class which I've never experienced while practicing other types of yoga. I'll be in the middle of my practice and will suddenly have some latent memory surface and it sort of becomes a point of meditation for me for the rest of class. This works as a type of release of painful or intense past events. It's been life altering for me and though I can't guarantee it would hold the same benefits for you, it might be worth a try. |
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JohnD
USA
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Posted - 12/28/2008 : 06:59:31
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| Hot yoga is better because you are warmed up with the heat. Its easier to pull a "cold" muscle when you are doing poses that may not look extreme but may not be the right thing for that specific persons body. |
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forestfortrees
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Posted - 12/28/2008 : 08:47:55
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I find, in general, that activities that are more engaging tend to decrease my levels of symptoms. For example, I'm not feeling any symptoms from typing or mousing right now, but back when I did, I would never feel them when I played video games on the computer, even though video games are a relatively intense form of computer use. (When I am into the game I really mash the keys and mousebuttons when I press them because I am so completely absorbed.) Perhaps this type of absorption in the moment is what helps you with yoga in classes and might also help you with "hotter" yoga.
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scd1833
USA
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Posted - 12/29/2008 : 20:17:05
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| I'm convinced this is a TMS thing, and I'm committed to seeing it through. I'm using the tms workbook to journal and doing the postures daily and reading on this forum is quite helpful to me also.... this is just another manifestation of the fear of exercise that I've always had. |
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carbar
USA
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Posted - 12/31/2008 : 10:37:30
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I hear ya on the difference between class and home. I don't usually have TMS symptoms in either, but I definitely get distracted a lot more at my house, even when I practice with a tape.
I think a lot of the benefit comes from the support of the other people in the class. When I can see them doing the poses, too, with all different body types, abilities, it definitely increases my confidence in my own health and ability.
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windy
USA
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Posted - 01/12/2009 : 09:29:22
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| Bikram yoga is the best! I started doing it Fall '02 and it was the harbinger of all my mindbody work and with Sarno's work is responsible for helping me eradicate "fibromyalgia". |
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kiethy
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Posted - 01/13/2009 : 06:00:12
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| I had a similar experience and found shocking the TMS with more strenuous muscular activity like pushups can trick the TMS and let you get back to it. |
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