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Optional Contact Information: mrpearl67@yahoo.com After 6 weeks of driving for Lyft RSI came out of the blue and sidelined me as of today. Any thoughts ? Suggestions ? I stopped driving, went on an anti inflammatory diet, started meditating, noticed when I am stressed, holding tension...

Hi, I read that people-pleasing is a common trait with tms. I want to get over this, but have a hard time not always putting other people's needs ahead of mine. How do i become less of a people-pleaser?

I have had excruciating pain in my right thigh and calf. I have had multiple CT Scans, MRIs and X-rays. I have been hospitalized twice. This is what was found: trace amounts of edema in hip and pelvic muscles on that side and a trace amount of fluid at the right subgluteus medius and subgluteus...

I have had chronic back pain for the past year. I have zeroed in to 2 major causes ... Looking after my 94-year old mother (walk her to the toilet day and night), and dealing with an elder sister and brother who have totally decided to put as many spikes in the wheel as they can, while being...

My chiro says I have a straight neck and will cause problems in the future - is this the case? Also how far do I need to delve into the past to start feeling better. I have been on the couch "again" for a week and thought I was going to die. I play golf and love it and was playing when my...

Hello! I've healed myself of a dozen major tms symptoms in the past year by reading the books (back/foot/neck pain, photophobia, tinnitus, interstitial cystitis, toothache, carpal tunnel, cold urticaria etc). Before that though I developed an allergy to spinach that left me with red hive welts...

Hello, I'm inquiring for insight into my pain. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I have every kind of pain. Muscle, joint (no swelling), tendon pain, burning pain, aching pain, and tender to touch pain. I also experience tingling and stinging pain all over the place along with muscle spasms...

Hello. My name is Don and I read Dr. Sarno's book "Healing Back Pain" 7 years ago. 3 days after reading it, the last of my back pain was gone after 10 years of physical therapy, a 3 - level disecotomy, and countless medicines. Now I have a new problem. I have been very anxious and depressed for...

Muscle spasm: Hi, i am experiencing really bad muscle spam in one small part of my upper back.. Its that bad its dropping me to my knees. It just hits me out of know where and impacting on my life i.e walk, bend, drive, toilet. It started in the morning (today), i had small back pain when going...

Hi can you recommend some daily physical goals to get me out of bed please? Day 4 of spectacular relapse that nearly had my husband calling for an ambulance on the first evening. I am doing the emotional work but need some goals for getting moving. My fear is holding me back. I feel as if now I...

I have had almost every conceivable TMS symptom (too long to list). I have currently developed dizziness and sometimes vertigo. It has been going on and off for about one month. It clearly gets worse with anxiety or it makes me anxious, I am never sure which is which. I have been resisting...

On Day 13 of the SEP and I am trying to sort out some of my learning. It seems like I am supposed send away the damaging messages my inner drill sargeant ( I call him PFC BUTTHEAD... b/c those 2 places are where most of my symptoms are found - and PFC for pressure, fear and criticism messages...

I had an unusual back injury and couldn't heal it through chiropractors, etc....I read about TMS and went to a TMS Therapist, which was helpful. He suggested I have an Orthopedic Doctor trained in TMS look at my X-rays and MRI....Then have a short phone Conversation to get the Doctor's opinion...

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I have had shoulder pain for 30 or more years. After completing the TMS recovery program I've been able to control it the majority of the time during my waking hours but I still cannot sleep in bed without a lot of pain. How can pain that wakes one up at night be overcome?

Hi, My TMS mostly manifests as pain in my right foot and ankle, which I've had for about 3 years following an injury. I found out about TMS about a year and half ago and went to see Dr. Schechter who diagnosed me as a clear-cut TMS case. Since then, I've had ups and downs with the pain, and I...

I was having pain in my back and my upper abdominal area.this has been going on almost 10 years, I finally went to my doctors and ordered a CT scan of my abdominal area. A doctor who read CT scan said that I might have pancreatitis. My doctor told me to quit drinking alcohol, which I have. My...

Hi I have dizziness and Vertigo . I would like to know where I start to help me work on my inner stress which I think is causing this dizziness. Can you point my in some kind of direction ? I have read Sarno's book . And I am not new to the TMS. I am just having a another bad spell of Dizziness...

Hi Ten years ago I was diagnosed with a slipped disc and after about a year the problem was resolved. However three years ago after a bout of what was diagnosed as labyrinthitis I was left with one of my legs not performing properly. Most importantly I should point out that I am 56and have...

Since totally embracing the TMS way for my back pain i have started getting migraines which previously was very rare. Can someone please share some light on the situation (am i thinking about TMS too much?). Also my pain is moving daily around my back which i believe is a good sign Stephen