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deerock
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 Posted - 02/05/2010 : 08:04:23
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hi there, i have some herniated disks and i think that is caused by TMS. i also have tendonitis in my shoulder and i suspect that is TMS too but i am not certain.
additionally, i am getting back into an exercise program. most exercise hurts me. biking, running, weight lifting.
can someone make some suggestions about getting back into exercise when experiencing TMS? going balls out as if nothing is wrong seems silly. but i dont want to tip toe around my pain. i want to get fit and stay fit and move on.
how do you handle exercise with pain? do you just ignore the pain? when it starts to hurt, do you stop at all?
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koukla
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Posted - 02/05/2010 : 08:18:55
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Hi Deerock. You say that your herniated disks are caused by tms, but I think that most likely you already had herniated disks and are suffering from back pain that is unrelated to your herniations. Anyway, if you haven't been exercising for awhile because of pain, it's likely that you are probably a little out of shape anyway. Plus, really vigorous exercise might bring on an attack of tms pain and scare you from continuing. I think it would be best to start slow with something really basic, like walking. I did this when I was getting over my tms hand pain. Just walking on a treadmill at 3.5 mph would make my hands swell up because I had conditioned myself to believe that all exercise was harmful. Eventually this stopped and then I was able to move onto other things that were more challenging.
When I felt pain with activity, I tried not to think about the pain but instead think about what was going on emotionally. I would notice that the pain would not get any worse with the increased activity and this would encourage me to keep going. After a few days of this, I would increase the activity level and then the pain still wouldn't get worse. After a few weeks the pain eventually went away completely. This is how it worked for me. |
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guej
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Posted - 02/05/2010 : 13:35:17
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Deerock:
I went back to exercising after taking an entire year off because of debilitating pain. With TMS, there is certainly a lingering or very active fear of activity, so I found it wasn't as simple as just putting on my running shoes and going out the door. I really had to work on re-conditioning my mind that the activity as ok for me. If you have the time,I would recommend one or both of the following books which, aside from reinforcing the TMS concepts, have entire sections and steps devoted to re-engaging in sports/activities.
1. Rapid Recovery from Back and Neck Pain - Fred Amir
2. Back Sense - Ron Siegel
I used the Amir book over the summer, and went back to doing everything I did before the pain. It was amazing. I never thought I would run again. I still had pain, but over time, I actually got to the point where I didn't have pain during the activity. I would have it afterwards, but then it would go back down to its usual levels so I knew I wasn't making anything worse. Best of all, mentally it was a huge boost for me. My only advice would be to re-engage slowly. It's not that you're broken, but I found that fear of pain would sometimes cause me to tense my muscles, which did lead to some extra pain.
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