Recent content by ragis45

Anna, Interesting to see what I wrote back in 2013, now 12 years ago. The good news is that my knee is fine these days. No more swelling and no pain. I'd like to say that I am cured, but as you know if you read up on TMS, my knee swelling/pain disappeared, but due to the 'symptom imperative'...

Baseball65, thank you for the quick response. You are absolutely right about 'repressed rage'. In dealing with this debilitating bout of back pain rather than go back to the mind/body basics I started looking at (journaling, reading etc) all of the things that are stressing me now. There are...

I had posted on this site years ago. Back when I was 28 I had debilitating back pain and after getting a diagnosis of a degenerated disc was about to have surgery. Luckily I stumbled on Dr. Sarno's mind/body approach, and as they say, the rest was history. I had been without serious back pain...

Back in 1983, when I was 29 years old I was experiencing terrible back pain and after visiting numerous orthopedists was told I had degenerated discs and needed back surgery. I was a healthy, active, athlete who was at a potentially a turning point of my life. Through God's blessing someone...

Ollin, Thank you for your thoughtful and insightful comments. I realize that the issue of osteoarthritis is a complex one. I am struck, though, by the numerous studies that have been done that find uneven correlation between structural abnormalities as demonstrated in x-rays and pain...

I might also add that I wouldn't worry about the day to day stressors. As Dr. Sarno expounds upon, these are not the types of stressors that cause TMS. TMS is caused by deep psychological conflicts that you carry. These are more personality traits (do gooder, perfectionist, caregiver etc.)...

If I might throw my two cents in.... Most of us (TMS sufferers) tend to overthink, overanalyze and worry about things in life and that includes any pains that we get. It's unfortunate that this personality trait plays right into TMS. What I have found out, and what is so difficult for the TMS...

I know this post is a bit late but I only recently found this wiki. Please check out this site http://www.brachy-myotherapie.com/english/joint-pain-and-osteoarthritis/ The proponents of this therapy make a very strong case as to why most OA is muscular in nature. I think they've got the cause...

I'll be brief with my background. I first was examined by Dr. Sarno back in the late 70's for serious back pain. I was in my early 20's at the time and was told I would need surgery to repair a degenerated disc (sounds funny now as to how someone in their 20's could have that bad of a case of...

In one of Sanro's later books, I forget which one now, he said that originally he was not comfortable with the diagnosis of TMS for 'swelling', but said that after numerous cases where he saw swelling eliminated with the acceptance of the TMS diagnosis he was, in his words, 'quite comfortable'...