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polly
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 Posted - 06/28/2004 : 11:29:02
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Tom mentioned something about a limp the other day and it's been gnawing at me. One of the worst parts of my problem is walking. I've developed a horrible limp and it bothers me a lot. I won't let anyone drop me off close to the entrances and insist I can walk just fine. However, after a few feet, this loping gait takes over. The walking does cause pain and I refuse to use the canes and aids I was dependent upon for almost 4 yrs. before I saw Sarno. I had become virtually bedridden.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
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Sis
USA
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Posted - 06/28/2004 : 12:36:43
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I'm not limping but my Left foot has begun to feel werk and I get this funny feeling sometimes when I walk and the more I go the worse it gets. It doesn't happen all the time. When I think about it and worry about it and then the worry turns to fear it seems to get worse. When my mind is busy or preoccupied it doesn't seem to bother me that much if at all. The mind sure can trick us can't it? Continue talking back to it. Maybe some visualization excercises will help too!
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tennis tom
USA
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Posted - 06/28/2004 : 13:44:11
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Dear Polly,
I reviewed some of your past posts and it seems you have performed quite a transformation, perhaps some might say a miracle cure. You've come from being bedridden with thoughts you were dying to swimming and walking. I saw you were also dancing too. Try not to forget the great strides you've made. I find it's all to easy to lose perspective over time on where the journey started and the turns it's taken.
Everyone is different, so I can only comment on my limp. I limp when I try to run on the tennis court. When I go for a walk it goes away after about 20 minutes into my 45 minute walk. If it doesn't, it means to me that I am too physically beat up and need to rest. I think if I took a long driving trip, maybe a month and laid off the tennis I could be cured. But I'm near the finale of a learning process and am playing through it. Stubbornly, I think I can play myself out of limping by learning correct technique. You can learn a lot from pain. I feel correct technique equals no pain--incorrect technique equals pain. My coach once told me "Tom, DON'T LIMP!"-easier said then done, but I got his point. Although he had never heard of TMS he undersood limping was something my mind was doing to me and if I concentrated enough I could stop it.
I can't keep track of how many times a day people notice my limp and ask when will I have hip replacement?-NEVER!
Polly, try walking slowly and allow the joint to warm up. There are things in our joints called bursas that secrete synovial fluid to lubricate our joints. I think if the muscles are locked up around a joint due to TMS, the joint has trouble secreting these fluids. Give it 10-20 minutes to let it happen. Think positve Sarno thoughts. If you're thinking negative thoughts-fear of doing futher damage to the joint, bone on bone, etc., I don't think the joint will loosen up to do it's thing. I walk alone so that I can concentrate on what I'm doing. I find I get distracted if I walk with others.
Good luck Polly, If I think of anything else I'll post again. Don't forget the progress you've made. The pace of progress is not always constant. Perhaps the cultural pressure of feeling we have to make "progress" is one of the factors that fuels our TMS repressed rage. Good luck, think good thoughts.
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tennis tom
USA
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Posted - 06/28/2004 : 13:52:38
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| Another thing I just thought of in regard to physically helping to stop limping is a little technique mentioned in yoga class. Try spreading the toes out, creating space between the toes. I think it makes the dormamt muscles in the hip fire. It's a little like wigglying your ears. It's surprising how much muscular control you can develop with some practice. I remember not long ago I had no control in my limping foot over my foot muscles. Now I can get the toes to spread out quite far. This exercise makes the hip muscles/nerves work. |
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polly
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Posted - 06/28/2004 : 19:59:23
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Thanks Tom and Cyn,
I'm going to try the toe spreading. I am a great advocate of yoga. I hadn't thought of that one.
And Tom, your're right about your attitude toward joint replacement. I had both my knees replaced at the same time almost 2 years ago. It was before I got to Sarno. Big mistake. Huge. Sarno's advice about the fake knees is to try to forget about it. It's a done deal that I have to glide past. You're doing the right thing.
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tennis tom
USA
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Posted - 06/29/2004 : 14:57:13
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Polly,
So as not to discourage you regarding your having had knee surgery; I played in a tournament with a lady partner about a year ago. I would say she was 60'ish. She told me she had surgery on both knees. She ran PHENOMENALLY. I could not beleive her. I was gimping around with my TMS hip while she covered most of the court. We did fairly well with my big serve and her wheels. The surgeons seem to do better with knees than with hips in my limited observations. |
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