Recent content by gazelle

I so appreciate this thread and the responses. First a bit of background: I've suffered from TMS for the last 22 years. I've recognized symptoms as TMS and used various techniques to cure them and then something else pops up. I've accepted that my mind stores tension in my body - the good news...

Absolute elite level, top level athletic performance. She wasn't supposed to get out of the wheelchair. She still will never use one foot properly but her strength and fitness afterwards was astonishing. For me, it's always difficult to tell on the recovery phase how much is recovery...

You know I really like the idea of doing it in waves. I feel ready and enthusiastic, go at it for a bit, then need a break. I just tend to think I shouldn't have breaks. Thanks!

It was a friend of mine and she was non-weight bearing for about a year and then it probably took a year to come back. She was an extreme athlete in her 20s at the time. I've had "real" accidents too but the TMS can layer in after. One of the sure fire ways of me getting and keeping TMS is the...

Thank you. I'll look into those books/resources. I've proved that I need to "look into" these issues, I just need to find a way of not drowning in the process.

Hi, I've recently realized that I have a new manifestation of TMS and it has brought me back into the whole TMS world. I also think my chronic insomnia might be a manifestation of TMS so I decided that I wanted to uncover all my feelings, past events, traumas etc etc. Every morning when I woke...

I rock climb and have had a few friends have horrendous accidents and then come back very strong. I haven't had an accident that has put me out for three years but I have friends who have been in a wheel chair for some time. I think your body is made to move and, it you move it, the strength...

I agree. There's often not a perfect solution to busyness though. When I had children, I chose to give up work, and was miserable to be quite honest. Then I started working again, so was really busy bouncing between one job and another. That went on for years until I started working for...

Hi Bohigirl, Thanks for the kind concern - I really appreciate it. Work, for me, isn't an addiction, but a passion. The problem is I have too many passions. TMS has taught me that, just like I can't eat everything I want to, I have to moderate my passions. I did try a 12-step group in the...

Oh good. Will report back. I know I like to do it all, and then 1) collapse in exhaustion with injuries and headaches giving me a much needed break 2) have internal tantrums when I can't do it all. But I am also aware that I am not fully aware. I'm on this forum only when I am injured and the...

Sadly, they are no longer online as the newspaper didn't back date articles past three years. One of the best articles I ever read was in the Economist where a journalist visited doctors in a few different countries and got totally different treatments: in the UK next to nothing, in Germany...

I agree. Without giving too much away I am a science journalist by trade. I've written a fair bit on over-screening, over-testing, and false positives. And I am an immigrant and I noticed once I came to the US I had so many more conditions here, that would have just been passed over in my...

Wow. That was quite the journey - it makes my 3 surgeon journey to decide not to have shoulder surgery look puny by comparison. I think most doctors are well intentioned and responsible but their scope is often too narrow. They feel like they will do you a favor by finding something wrong with...

Thanks Mindbody PT. I haven't found imaging a good way forward in the past. I have found two surgeons recommend shoulder surgery based on my MRI results, then a third, who is supposedly one of the best in the country tell me that anyone of my age, who'd done that much climbing would have all...