Recent content by John Galt

I quoted the part of the article that is best. The website has a lot of ads so this will be easier to read.

So I’m working a night shift right now, waiting for a call and thinking about my back pain as I usually do haha. I found a really good article that helped put my mind at ease a bit with a strong dose of science. It has some great tips in there and it is very much on the same page as TMS, even...

Plum how did you find the side effects of Amitriptyline (Elavil)? This is one of the medications I have been thinking about trying. Did it help your pain significantly and how long did it take to work? I was thinking of trying the lowest 10 mg dose to test it out. And thank you for the kind...

Hey Plum, I am not surprised back pain stuck for me. Back pain and paramedics go hand in hand. Literally anyone who has been working as a medic for more than 5 years will tell you about their back troubles. People say it's because of all the lifting we do. I'm not so sure I buy that explanation...

Thanks west. I think in my situation it’s the fear that is worse than the pain. For whatever reason I am terribly afraid of being off work and disabled. My first injury had me off for 3 months, and honestly I think it was mostly due to fear of making things worse because the pain wasn’t all that...

Some interesting observations I made in relation to my first injury in December 2013 relate to a timeline of stressful events that preceded the injury. In August 2013 I split from my long term girlfriend who lived with me. In September I had persistent cough and occasional shortness of breath...

Hi everyone. I’ve decided to become a bit more active in the TMS community. I went through the program in 2014 after a work related back injury and had some success. After the pain mostly went away I sadly gave up on all the skills I learned through the program and went back to my old self. I...

Hello everyone, where do I begin. It started with a workplace injury on December 29th, 2013. I am 28 years old, and I have been working as a paramedic for 4 years. I was lifting a patient from the ground to the stretcher when the patient made a sudden move, which forced me off my balance. In my...