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richiedeegan
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 Posted - 10/01/2015 : 09:43:10
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| Hi all. I'm a 40 year old male from Austin and I just finished the last of Dr Sarno's books. I'm a believer! Everything he says makes sense to me. I've been athletic my whole life and I was diagnosed with a herniated disc in the L5-S1 vertebrae with severe sciatic nerve pain (pain that I never knew existed) earlier this year and have tried it all...epidural spinal injections, PT, strong pain killers, inversion tables, etc. and my next step would be surgery (a microdiscetomy). Well that is before I was turned on to Dr Sarno's books and am now convinced I have TMS. Some days I'm able to talk myself out of the pain and other days it wins big. I've made a list and wrote an essay about what could be the unconscious causes of my pain and digging all that crap up was rough. I know I have to keep battling for the pain to go away. I just wanted to share a little of my story. Thank you for all your transparency in your posts as it has helped me a lot. |
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fredamir
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Posted - 10/01/2015 : 18:09:49
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Hi Richie,
Welcome! I am so glad that you did not panic at the herniated disc diagnosis. I have people many who cannot get the image of herniated disc out of their mind and despite all scientific evidence to the contrary agree to have surgery.
Herniated disc is a very normal and harmless part of aging. According to the American College of Physician Best Practices Advice, "Many abnormalities detected with advanced imaging are so common in asymptomatic persons that they could be viewed as normal signs of aging...Thus, it is important to understand that the presence of imaging need not mean that the abnormalities are responsible for symptoms.”
I also gave several references in my book to the many studies, some going back 50 years, that many people with spinal abnormalities, such as a herniated disc do not have any symptoms. Any knowledgeable back specialist should know these facts.
In fact, most low back disc herniations and degenerations occur at L4-L5 and L5-S1 levels as they take most of the impact from our daily activities.
Glad you discovered Dr. Sarno before more was done to your back.
Take care,
Fred Amir
www.rapidrecovery.net
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richiedeegan
USA
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Posted - 10/07/2015 : 23:27:59
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| Thank you so much for the encouragement, Fred. The fact that I am now convinced that I am doing absolutely no damage to my back even though I feel severe pain helps me push through during times like today as I fielded ground balls at the baseball fields. Normally I'd feel that sharp pain, stop immediately and ask to be taken to the ER, fearful that I had done irreparable damage to my spine. The pain instead lessened greatly and I had minimal pain the rest of the night. The fear is gone and now I can't wait until the pain disappears completely. Amazing how this all works! |
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fredamir
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Posted - 10/08/2015 : 17:52:00
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Yes, it is amazing. A simple change in one's belief about pain (from harmful to harmless) did wonders for me and I am glad it is doing the same for you.
When I first started to ignore sciatica, which I had in both legs) it felt like my legs were on fire. talk about wanting to go to the ER! But I absolutely believed it was harmless. Guess what? It went away.
If you would like to learn the techniques I used to overcome TMS and conditioning rapidly, join me in a workshop I am doing on October 24.
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9780
Fred Amir
www.rapidrecovery.net
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