Recent content by Cara

Thanks, JanAtheCPA and birdsetfree! Your voices were a very helpful addition to Dr. Sarno. I went back to Healing Back Pain, and in chapter one he claims most tendon issues in the limbs, including the knees and ankles is probably TMS. Not to mention the fact that it switched sides! I felt...

Hi all, After healing from back pain (still feels like a miracle) and cautiously returning to running, I've had some tendonitis-like injuries: plantar fasciitis in the fall, and now posterior tibialis tendonitis--both diagnosed and treated by a really great sports chiropractor who really just...

Hi all, I'm back. On the bright side, the pain in my back has left me alone for over a year! (This is an amazing miracle-level thing! The other day a colleague asked, "Won't [situation x] really hurt your back?" I smiled and promised it wouldn't.) And now my foot hurts. I thought it was...

Once or twice a month, I'll notice my wrist/hand pain pop back up (or maybe I'll notice my neck pain, or my leg pain, or one of my other symptoms). But that doesn't scare me. When I notice a pain symptom come back to say "hi," I just say wave at it as it goes by me. I use it as a chance to...

I agree! I think the thing about Sarno and the TMS community that saved my life is the knowledge that I don't need to panic when my back spasms. I didn't break it. I used to stop everything, worry, be more cautious next time, etc., until I was doing nothing--ever. Now if, in the middle of...

Hi all, I was recently thinking about how I was at what felt like rock-bottom this time last year. I read Healing Back Pain last July and then many other books and joined this wiki. I started meditating and doing yoga and thinking psychologically. Then I did what my TMS doctor said I'd have to...

Thanks for this, Steve. You keep writing things in a way that makes me "slow down" and consider what I am learning from TMS. I went on vacation and had very little pain for a whole week! The night before I had to come home, I developed a rash on my neck, which has spread to my chest and now...

Hi all, I'm reading stuff from Dr. Hanscom now. I haven't for the last few months done a good job sticking with the journaling strategies. I don't feel like they pulled up repressed memories or anything profound. Then I read Nicole Sach's book and journaled for a while, but I didn't feel like I...

Hmm. Not quite the same, but I had sesamoiditis, which I now think was TMS. It deals with the sesamoid bone in the foot. I had surgery on it and then didn't feel better. I had PT and then didn't feel better. Then I broke another bone in my foot from putting a pad in my shoe to take pressure...

Being open to miracles would be a worth-while outcome!

I did the 40 day program. I was worse at the end. (Not the fault of the program, I don't think. I think some people just walk through the fire longer than others.) Then I did an eight-week reading of Mindfulness by Mark Williams and did all of that "homework." I read The Meaning of Truth and...