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Sreen
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 Posted - 05/15/2009 : 21:57:07
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| Ive just started dr sarnos book so im not too sure on all the details of TMS, but im going to guess that he doesnt talk about lifting heavy weights after RSI. I feel pretty much completely fine all the time aside from a small amount of stiffness in the morning and a cracking in my wrist which doesnt bother me at all. i was wondering if anyone had experience with this or knows anything about it. i want to start doing some boxing and MMA so i want to gain a lot more muscles before i started and id like to start doing a lot of weight lifting. ive been wanting to do this for about 2 years now and im getting tired of waiting, but i dont want hurt anything in my arms and set myself back. i know TMS says its in all in the head and ive been doing a lot better since ive learned that. so if its all in the head i should be able to do whatever i want right? ive been doing certain machines for about a year now, but not the ones i thought would hurt me and not with too much weight. should i just hit the weights like crazy or continue to very slowly ramp up? thanks for any help. |
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HilaryN
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/16/2009 : 06:16:16
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Hi Sreen, welcome to the forum!
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should i just hit the weights like crazy or continue to very slowly ramp up?
Some people go for the first option, some for the second. It depends how much fear of the pain you have. If a lot (like me!), be cautious and go for the second. If you're confident you can work through the pain, you could try the first.
I think Dr Sarno generally advises to wait until you've read the book and got a good idea of the concepts of TMS before returning to activity because of the danger of getting pain and becoming discouraged, and your thoughts returning to the physical. But it's very much an individual thing.
If you decide to try the first option and it doesn't work for you, use the 2nd option as a fall-back. More advice here:
http://tmswiki.wetpaint.com/page/How+to+ignore+crippling+pain
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carbar
USA
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Posted - 05/20/2009 : 08:05:38
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My two cents comes from my own experience:
I started back at this gym this fall. It had been about 7 years since I tried any consistent exercises other than cycling and yoga. I've been recovered from TMS in my arms (RSI) for about 3 years. Not doing any weight training during that time definitely left my muscles weaker, so I started where my body was at, which was pretty light weights.
I'd recommend using free weights, based on my own experience. I really like the feeling of controlling the movement with free weights and paying attention to all of the muscles that are active. That's just me. I've also been using machines for upper body, too, and that's been fine. All of these exercises would have been really scary and painful in the TMS days.
That's awesome that you want to start boxing/MMA. Ramping up slowly is usually what professionals recommend, right? And working all the muscle groups?
A lot of it is mind set: if you are recovering from a TMS injury, you get to have freedom from the mindset: "I hope this doesn't hurt my ___________." Instead you can think, "Before I would have worried about trying this activity, but now I know what was causing that harmless pain."
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Sreen
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Posted - 05/22/2009 : 03:15:49
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Thanks for the help. I've gone twice so far with working my arms and so far I've had almost no problems with it. i feel like i hurt my elbow a little but i dont know if it was TMS or overdoing something. i started doing light weights but i got too excited and started grabbing some heavier ones. im not discouraged at all though so im still good to go. i have 2 years of missed activity to catch up on.
Im actually very surprised at how fast my arms are feeling better after reading about TMS about a month and a half ago and just reading sarnos book recently. i told myself a while back id get not just back to 100% but 200% and i think im finally getting close to 100%. when i get there ill be sure to share my recovery experience. thanks again for the help, ive been trying to find answers about weighting training for a long time. |
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Lifting weights after RSI in my arms
