hand pain

I almost hate to report this, for fear of jinxing myself. lol. But it’s been 2 1/2 years since my hands and arms cramped up as a final symptom on a pile of them that added up to a very stressed out nervous system. My whole body is loosening very slowly, and mostly only noticeable to me. I can...

https://www.tomoliver.net/posts/tms (This can't be real, can it?) I wrote this article on my blog describing how I got over my TMS caused RSI / hand pain. It contains a few ups and downs and hopefully conveys how emotional the journey has been for me. As I explained in the article, reading the...

I have to tell this AMAZING thing that just happened to me! After more than a year, my claw-like, locked up hands just OPENED! I can freely wiggle my fingers. I can also open my hands flat for the first time in over a year. And I can open and close my hands, which I couldn’t do very well -or at...

They all say: “getting on with your life” is one of the best ways to heal from TMS. This is really hard for those of us who really got hit hard with a lot of symptoms. One of the most troubling is not being able to walk unassisted. And,not having full access to your hands. I have both of these...

Hi all, I've made a number of posts here in the past few years regarding hand pain - unfortunately it is nearly 3 years now that I've had these issues. For the past year or so I've tried to ignore the pain by carrying out my normal activities (work, gaming, driving, etc.) but it has now become...

Hey everyone, After years of trying to solve the mystery of my chronic pain, I came across a comment on Reddit about TMS. I immediately read Sarno's book and resonated with it deeply. Despite this, I still don't know if this is TMS. I was hoping to tell a bit about my story, and if anyone has...

Hi all, I am a student taking part in a non-paid research project with the goal of creating an easy-to-use online experience for a specialist hand and wrist clinic. I was looking for people who have had a condition, injury, or trauma on their hand or wrist. If you could share your experiences...

Hi all, I am a student taking part in a non-paid research project with the goal of creating an easy-to-use online experience for a specialist hand and wrist clinic. I was looking for people who have had a condition, injury, or trauma on their hand or wrist. If you could share your experiences...

I’m a software engineer living in London. From Dec 2020 to Dec 2021 I had horrible chronic pain in my hands. I was terrified and scared and had some really bad lows. I was very lucky to have a supportive job, friends, family and partner I'm SO grateful for them. But here is how I cured it. I...

Good afternoon everyone, It is nice to introduce myself and thank you for having me among you. I am new here, but not to TMS, which I have suffered from, from time-to-time, for the past 25 years. Please excuse me if I am posting this in the wrong forum. I am here to throw out a lifeline and...

So excited to be sharing my RSI success story! I have been a heavy laptop user my whole life, with atrocious, basically non-existent ergonomics. Part of me always expected that I would end up with computer-related aches and pains (as my mom is full of these kinds of ailments). So it wasn't...

I am now celebrating almost a year of having my life back! I’d had RSI symptoms (and many other unexplained health problems) for 1.5 yrs, but found my way to TMS. Once you understand TMS, you’ll understand that everything I write about below ties back to it very clearly. MY BACKSTORY AND...

Introduction I am a 32 year old (at time of writing) software developer. From roughly summer 2015 to summer 2016 I suffered with what I referred to at the time as RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury). Throughout that year at various times I benefited greatly from reading others' similar experiences...

Greetings, I am a long-time TMS patient and first-time poster, but have recently encountered a situation which I can't figure out. I hope that some of you on this forum can offer some advice. Sorry this is so long... I am 40 years old. I had a major bout with TMS about 13 years ago which...

Hello everyone, it's truly a pleasure to get to meet everyone here and lately I've been struggling so much with all the pain and symptoms being thrown at me. I'm a 26 year old guy who is in pharmacy school, and also engaged to a very supportive and wonderful fiance. But ever since the days I was...

I have light swelling in one of the affected hands. I've seen some posts about it but I'm trying to see if I can get a general sense of how common swelling is as a symptom in TMS