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after a long summer of feeling good and not having any major pain or discomfort, I can feel it and it wants to come back with a vengeance. Recently I had a job location change, home issues with wife and kids. And the perfectionist OCD me is not liking it. My job requires a lot of physic...

Hello all- Forgive me if I post in the wrong place. I am brand new to the forum (to any online forum, really). My name is Ally. I’m a 33 year old mom of 3, married to my post-high school sweet heart for 12 years—-and I have been suffering from chronic low back pain for 10 years. It started when...

Day 66! :punch: Everything went great. I sat through orientation for 7 hours, didn't need to stand or accommodate in any way. I'm anticipating no problems going forward, and I feel completely back to normal functioning. Here are a few thoughts others might find helpful: Last night I printed...

Hello everyone I am new to the forum I just signed up. My back pain started about a year ago but became really debilitating about 6 months ago. I checked all the boxes with yoga/chiro/PT etc. I found out about Dr. Sarno on reddit and bought the audiobook immediately. I finished it in a 4 hours...

Has anyone tried mirror therapy for back pain? I came across this article about it, and it makes a lot of sense for helping to reduce fear of movement. Think it can be done without a physical therapist? Can it support TMS work...

I am currently suffering from lower back pain/ache. It started constantly aching 12 weeks ago but I estimate it was 8 weeks coming gradually before it became constant. I have never suffered with back pain before (40 year old male) and it has really thrown me. The reason I think it may be tms...

Has anyone else experienced this ? In February my back pain started out in the lower left area. As of a few weeks ago it has moved more to the middle region in the middle where my spine is or alittle bit to my upper back as well. I also haven't really done much tms work besides trying to...

As members who are familiar with my posts know I suffer from anxiety and depression and suppressed anger and emotional stress. I am going through a lot of stress at the moment with anxiety and being suffering dental pain, headaches and occasional muscle cramp in my right calf of my leg. Anyway...

It came to me about an hour ago. Even though, I am absolutely, positively sure in my mind, that my ex significant other and I are over and just good friends, my back has been freaking out since he told me about his new love. Really, he’s one of my best friends. I have zero physical attraction...

Finished Dr. Sarno's book last week, and was convinced. So happy to learn about what I have and to hear about the success stories. I felt excited and hopeful for the first time in years. Started my journaling, and will pace myself towards getting my life back. For almost 20 years I've...

Hi all, I have been away from doing my TMS and mindfulness as I had such amazing success and it has crept back like a dose. I worked really hard last year every night and put in the work during the day with affirmations and self talk . I saw an incredible change with this program and Doctor...

Been dealing with neuropathies in my feet for 2 years. No cause can be found. Hurts like he'll but very inconsistent. Sometimes numb sometimes painful sometimes hot. The more attention I pay to it the worse it gets. When focused on something else much less painful. Behaves a lot like the...

Just wanted to make a post for those who are dealing with fear, skepticism, disbelief, or worry. To me, overcoming TMS = overcoming fear. Understanding the information in the great Dr. Sarno’s books, lectures, movie, videos, etc. are definitely helpful in overcoming TMS symptoms. For me...

Hi everyone. When I was 18 I was very insecure due to my height. I am 5'5 and especially in high school it really bothered me. I began to use shoe lifts that gave me an extra 1-2 inches. This was uncomfortable but I wore them daily. I continued this well into college and my senior year of...

Hi, I have had severe back pain sciatica and i believe coccyx problems for a few years. my doctor referred me to the mcas department with the view i should have a scan on my spine, and a possible injection to ease the pain. This was on the 29th march 2018. the lady done a few things like hammer...

Hello, I’m new to this site. I am a hard working teacher, a very over stressed woman that developed crippling back ache in my 60's. I had been going to therapy, neurologists, etc., for years it was so bad at the end I could not walk down the hall at work. A co-worker gave me a copy of Dr...

I think people will find this article published in The Age newspaper and The Sydney Morning Herald very interesting. It indicated that the medical consensus about back pain seems to be changing somewhat, at least in Australia...

Hi folks. I thought I'd check with the good people here to see if I could glean some advice or encouragement on what I consider the final piece of the puzzle in terms of my recovery from back pain (which I believe firmly is a manifestation of my inner anxiety). I've stretched each and every...

So here it is, extremely stressful time and last night my low back seized up. I can hardly walk. Can't bend down to pick up the cats' dishes to feed them. Can't pick up anything I drop. I had to take pain med to sleep last night. This hasn't happened for a long time. But then I am...

Hi, It's been nearly a year since my last posting to the site, well, because I was able to achieve some lasting relief from my symptoms. Like many of you, I struggled with back & leg pain and have been given the diagnosis of herniated disc(s), spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, etc...