Recent content by Solange

It seems from this thread that so many of us take pleasure and solace from the 'little' things and the natural world around us. A cup of tea, a sunset or a lie-in are all things that it is too easy to let slip past without consciously appreciating them. I guess the lesson here is that self-care...

Hi George3767. It's tricky having an issue with shoes because some of them just don't fit right or suit your foot shape and that has nothing to do with TMS. On the other hand, if you revert back to an old pair or a new pair of the make/type you usually have and problems still occur, then that is...

Being outside in Nature is so important for me. It's a long time since I posted and I now live somewhere different but I still get to have lovely walks every morning. Now, the walks are along a canalside, which runs for some distance from very close to my house, and I get to see all sorts of...

Hi there GPF24, when I was experiencing back pain and sciatica and before I had heard of TMS, I too tried the tennis ball method to relieve my symptoms-it made them worse and, as Cactusflower states, you are mistakenly feeding into the belief that this is a physical condition to be relieved by...

Mark1122. I first came to this website some years ago and check back every now and again. I seem to be in a checking -in phase at the moment so I will offer you my thoughts. I have no particular insights , unlike some very knowledgeable posters here who have accumulated much expertise and...

Hi Mugwump, your post caught my fancy today so.....I love that first moment of unexpected warm sunshine on my face in spring that tells me winter is going. I love looking at the trees one morning and suddenly discovering they are covered in fat green leaf buds and the birds are darting about...

Perhaps not every week but fairly often, I watch 'virtual ' walks on YouTube. They have often been produced by amateurs (I like the less polished quality) but some have been filmed to be used by people when working out on treadmills etc. I usually only watch ones which have beautiful countryside...

Just recovered from a rather more major one myself. The best advice I got was to stop trying so hard. I realised that I was actually putting a lot of pressure on myself by doing all the things I thought I needed to do to recover. Once I'd realised this, I started to accept the situation and...

After some heavy snow on Wednesday, Thursday became a day of icy pavements and roads, slush, mud and damp and very careful anxious walking with small steps. What joy then today to wake up today and find the rain had washed away the ice and snow and left behind just wet pavements so I could...

Plum, I like your idea of gradually nurturing myself back into exercise . I tend to lurch between being too tentative and then on other occasions like a bull in a china shop when I'm having a confident day. And we all know what happens to the china! I find it hard to get the right balance but I...

Yb44 you have really had a number of major stressful life events in a short period of time and I guess that you are feeling emotionally drained right now and weary of putting one foot in front of the other to carry on. You say that you feel like sitting quietly and letting life slip past...

Hi Wilforbis, I have just had a relapse too, though not with RSI, following taking up an activity which led to a big flare up. I posted on here too because I couldn't convince myself it was TMS. I hope I can help you. Check out first with your doctor that he or she agrees it is 'RSI' and then...

Thanks Jan. I am trying not to care but it's hard. My biggest problem is knowing if I should 'baby ' myself a bit and avoid doing things which cause me pain for a few days e.g. Be kind to myself or continue with my daily routine exactly as normal even though it's causing me quite a lot of pain...

It's been some time since I posted on here and things have been going pretty well overall. I've had relapses but have overcome them fairly well in spite of a few wobbles but now I feel I'm at a bit of a crossroads. Although I have been fairly pain free, beyond a good walk everyday, I have not...