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3 1/2 year history of neck pain admist other what I now believe were TMS symptoms. I have gotten about 75% pain free with all my work over the last 3 months. However, in returning to specifically tennis and running, I get a complete return of symptoms. What I am struggling with is the intermix of TMS with deconditioning as I did have a artificial cervical disc surgery at C6-7 4 months ago due to acute radiculopathy, motor loss and sensation loss. Woke up in recovery room with no shoulder and arm pain and full motor strength and sensation returned with in 2 weeks. So that was a success...however, still with the diffuse neck pain I had before the acute radiculopathy which I truly believe is just fired up pain pathways with no structural basis any more. So, I am rehabing from a big surgery as well as trying to integrate TMS recovery. Suggestions as I desperately want to return to tennis and some running. The fear and anxiety literally sweep over me the evenings after I run or even play tennis for 15 minutes as the muscular neck pain, muscle spasms, headache and foggy thinking start.