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andythesailor
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 Posted - 10/19/2011 : 01:51:43
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Hi,
I am in my mid 30's and have had back problems since I was 20 (due to sailing). I have always been able to manage the pain but at the turn of the year my wife had our first child and since then my back pain has flared up dramatically.
Since then I have had an MRI and met with two consultants who both confirmed a degenerative disc with a lateral tear. After the meetings with the consultants the pain got alot worse (I was out of work for 3 weeks). More recently under the close guidance of a physio the pain has reduced however I am now having to be extra careful sitting, doing any form of physical activity and it feels like my normal active lifestyle if effectively over.
Having read the book healingbackpain I think I may have TMS however I am finding it difficult to start the heeling process. I have ordered the DVD but any direct advice would be greatly appreciated.
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tennis tom
USA
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Posted - 10/19/2011 : 04:19:36
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Originally posted by andythesailor
...any direct advice would be greatly appreciated.
It sounds like you may have come to the right place. From your brief intro, you very well may have TMS.
Number one would be to seek out a TMS physician for an accurate diagnosis.
Number two would be to reread the book and watch the DVD, and as many of the TMS books and audios and videos as you can.
IF it's TMS, you must overcome the NOCEBOS you have been instilled with by conventional alopathic medical "wisdom".
Number three, if you hear the word "surgery" take a big step away and read about "failed back surgery".
Good Luck,
tt
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DR. SARNO'S 12 DAILY REMINDERS:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dKBFwGR0g
TAKE THE HOLMES-RAHE STRESS TEST
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_and_Rahe_stress_scale
Some of my favorite excerpts from _THE DIVIDED MIND_ :
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2605
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"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Jiddu Krishnamurti
"Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional." Author Unknown
"Happy People Are Happy Putters." Frank Nobilo, Golf Analyst
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kesh2
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/19/2011 : 05:58:56
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A few things that helped me:
Avoid nocebos, so keep off internet back pain sites (except tms ones).
Avoid obsessing over symptoms. Do other things to give your mind time without thinking about them.
Read accounts/studies that show pain is so often psychosomatic.
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Back2-It
USA
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Posted - 10/19/2011 : 10:51:04
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Originally posted by andythesailor
Hi,
I am in my mid 30's and have had back problems since I was 20 (due to sailing). I have always been able to manage the pain but at the turn of the year my wife had our first child and since then my back pain has flared up dramatically.
Since then I have had an MRI and met with two consultants who both confirmed a degenerative disc with a lateral tear. After the meetings with the consultants the pain got alot worse (I was out of work for 3 weeks). More recently under the close guidance of a physio the pain has reduced however I am now having to be extra careful sitting, doing any form of physical activity and it feels like my normal active lifestyle if effectively over.
Having read the book healingbackpain I think I may have TMS however I am finding it difficult to start the heeling process. I have ordered the DVD but any direct advice would be greatly appreciated.
Certainly looks as if the stress dial has gone off the charts for you. The other posters are most correct. I was tuned into TMS early on in my pain, when I got Mind-Body Prescription essentially by accident. Could have picked any book. Anyway, I dismissed it. I went to find out what was causing the pain, because something HAD to be causing it. I was dx'd with a thoracic disc herniation via MRI. I was told I was a hopeless case, by doctors no less. Some doc/medical practitioners would not touch me for fear I'd end up as Gumby and pissing on the floor. I got worse and worse, despite some exercises, etc.
Then I started to wonder when I could still bend over, lift things, etc. I went back to Sarno and started the healing process. It's been long for me, for a number of reasons, but I'm nearly 85% there. It took a long time for the main message to sink in: DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE PAIN!. Easier said than done.
While you are still fresh off the doctors meat table I would really try with all your head and heart to start all activities again, before you give yourself a chance to really learn the pain.
Read the success stories. Read the books over and over again, because when you're in a state of panic or anxiety you might miss something.
You will get there. Don't be too taken by the books,either. Not everybody has an instant book cure.
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balto
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Posted - 10/19/2011 : 18:15:09
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Just like Back2it said, the pain stay with you is because of your fear of it. Your main goal is to not affraid of what the pain can do to your body. To do that you have to some how convince yourself the pain have an emotional cause, it is harmless, and it will do no damage to your body. Like other have said, read and re-read the books. Buy the disc if you can to listen to while driving. Read posts in this forum... eventually you will recognize the truth about your pain and loose your fear of it. As time pass and your confident improve, your life situation improve, your pain will eventually leave you.
My MRI shown my disc is pressing on my nerve and I have no pain now.
10 years with back problem is way too long. It is time to take back control of your health. Stop your fear, make change to your thinking, your life to elliminate stress. Surround yourself with loveone and positive people.
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Road to recovery - how to start
