Recent content by Kerrj74

Thanks, yeah I do that almost every day! In my 1 hour commute to work alone, I yell and scream at my brain. I had hoped that would help, but it never has.

None that any docs could definitively say. MRI’s showed two mildly bulging discs. No sign of a pinched nerve to correlate to the left leg sciatica. However, it didn’t stop them from recommending: decompression treatments, medial branch blocks and nerve ablations for “facet joint arthritis”...

Thanks! I will look for those too.

Thanks plum. Yeah I’m trying not to compare myself. It am just getting frustrated from seeing zero improvement in almost 2 years of religiously doing everything everyone says to do. By the way, I read Dr Hanscom’s book a few times, but I don’t recall what his recommendation was for sleep...

Thanks. Yeah I suppose now I want it to be fixed quickly because patiently trying to heal for 20 months hasn’t worked.

Thanks plum!!! I really appreciate the insights.

TMS & chronic pain community, I desperately need your help! 2 years of chronic low back pain. Never gets better. In fact, it seems to just get worse. After months of trying all of the traditional physical approaches (MRIs, 30+ docs, procedures, injections, lumbar devices, Rx medications...

Did your epidural help? Did you ever get the fusion? Are you any better? Has the TMS approach helped? Just curious.

I had this all the time as a child (I am 44 now). Usually triggered by certain soothing voices for me (typically female). It has only happened a few times as an adult. I have tried 1000’s of ASMR videos online and none of them trigger it for me. It is like the deepest trance-like relaxed...

Thanks! I will try that.

How did you stop focusing on the pain while you were in pain? I can’t seem to grasp how to do that. :(

Thanks for sharing that. Wow. I completely believe it. The brain is amazing. So what is the secret? What did you do (or stop doing) that changed all of this for you?

Thanks for that advice. I really believe in the nervous system points you make. I bring up nervous system, pain pathways, conditioning. and TMS to every doctor I see, and they all dismiss the ideas so quickly! None of them can confidently pinpoint a valid structural problem, but they all...

Jules, once again I can relate to you. I am either in severe anxiety mode or pain. It goes back and forth for me for decades. I had been suffering debilitating anxiety for a few years due to a tough work situation causing me never ending worry. I couldn’t function. The moment I was...