Recent content by calmandserene

I have had a return of reflux after I had this for 12 months 4 years ago. Nothing worked to get rid of it and eventually it went away. Living with it though was extremely stressful. It disappeared but then I devolped knee pain and insomnia. A couple of weeks ago I went to the movies and I...

The last few months my pain which is normally my knee has been moving around alot and its definitely been keeping my fear alive. Now ive got reflux back. I had this about 4 years ago, badly and for about a year. I didn't know about tms then but im very sure it was. I was very stressed before...

Thank you so much for your reply. I can relate to your friend. i do know i have tms. When i last saw my specialist last year. This is what he wrote. She has therfore no structural abnormality and she needs to make adjustments to her exercise program. He also mentioned that i was developing...

For 6 months i had been doing very well, pain had reduced by 90%.... then i started to increase my activity and pains were mild to begin with. Then on a day out with friends i was getting inside a van and lost my strength and went into a squat. Two years ago i believed i started my knee pain...

I get so hard on myself for letting my body get into this condition. And overwhelmed at the thought of the hard work need to return to full activity. The future pain scares me . But those thoughts are how i got to this condition. I had been going very well with learning about tms but now...

Thank you for replying. Yes i was told by my doctor i had muscle atrophy and its also obvious when you look at it. I have started to increase my activities which causes pain to return. I expected that. But some activities i dont have the strength to do. Such as getting up from a chair...

Has anybody else had muscle atrophy? I have severe muscle atrophy in my right quad, for the last year I have pretty much avoided using my right leg such as walking up stairs etc. I have just started some exercises to build my muscle back , will this take long to do?

Thank you so much for the link. It was good timing. Today i drove my friend to the hospital for radiation treatment and we had to park in the surrounding streets which can be quite hilly. Walking up and down any slopes is a trigger for me as i associate it with increasing my pain from the hip...

hello everyone, this is my first post here. I am very excited to have found this forum, read other peoples stories and advice. I have recently read Dr John Sarno's "The Mindbody Prescription" and feel finally I have hope, which I haven't felt for sometime. I have had odd symptoms that have...