dystonia

I've been meaning to do a general update since I got back from vacation but you know, life gets lifey especially after being away for 3 weeks and I've had some challenges where my priority was to post for support about those. BUT... This TMS stuff works. (Yeah duh right?) I really started to...

To set the scene: 4/30/25 I could barely walk yet again with a dystonia flare up/pain. I was so terrified of my 3 weeks Florida vacation with tons of walking at Disney and looking into purchasing a mobility scooter. 5/1/25 I said let's go all in on trying this TMS thing. About 2 weeks later my...

I have really bad TMS— stiff numb legs, bad balance, cramped hands— for the past year I have considered taking a shower a major accomplishment. It’s hard for me to stand up for long, to move around, you name it. This week I took a vacation to the beach with my husband. I honestly do NOT know...

Here was always my game-plan: Be a reporter for the Washington Post; Become a famous novelist; Earn six figures as a freelance writer with my own business Small goals, right? And I wanted all three. All three did come to fruition in super small ways. I freelanced a couple stories for the...

My fellow TMS-ers, I have successfully recovered from a chronic pain condition accompanied by a score of other syndromes and diagnoses, including Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), dystonia, Raynaud's - you name it. Add fibromyalgia-like symptoms that I didn't...

I've just started reading Dr. Sarno's book Healing Back Pain. I'm trying to figure out if what I have is TMS. It sounds like TMS is more about pain. I don't really experience pain. What I experience is muscle tension in my fingers and wrists such that I will get involuntary finger or wrist...

Hello all. I am new to this forum. I have never heard of TMS. A little over a year ago I started experiencing issues with my right/dominant hand. Specifically, my middle fingers would involuntarily try to extend whenever I was typing. I am an attorney, so I type daily. My issues were limited to...

I am about 2-3 weeks into the educational program, and I finally realized my focal (musician's dystonia) may be related to TMS. Has anyone heard of patients diagnosed with dystonia recovering following TMS treatment? In a way, I was very stressed about my performance at the time of onset, which...

Tension and pain everywhere: hands, wrists, knees, ankles, neck... have a hard time moving and feel like I am attacked from every side by spasms... I can't think of a particular stress factor that triggered it...

Folks who wonder whether muscle spasms are TMS - watch the videos below. I am struggling with dystonia - a continuous spasm in my hands, wrists and ankles. Upon discovery of Sarno, I was able to resolve most of pain relatively quickly, but dystonia just would not get any better, rather worse...