herniated disc

I don't know if anyone who doesn't have back pain will understand how happy I am to find this forum. I'm 25 years old and have been suffering from severe lower back pain for the past 4 years. It was diagnosed as a herniated disc. I've tried everything. Steroid shots, acupuncture, acupressure...

Hey Everyone, Thanks for all the continued support and responses in all of our journey's. I am having so much difficulty keeping my mind off that disc. My biggest worry is that I will be doing something and I will cause the disc to rupture causing potentially permanent issues. I want to get...

Hey Everyone, First of all I want to say thank you to everyone involved in the TMS Wiki from the creators of this site, which I am sorry I have come across who you are I just forget at the moment, to those of you who post your success stories, all the way down the line to those of you who are...

Hey Everyone, I am new to the TMS wiki and forum and the TMS world in general. I was given Dr Sarno's book from a friend with very similar symptoms and found relief in just two weeks after two years of agony. I procrastinated on reading his book and continued with the conventional medicine...

Hi. My first post here. LBP for 10 mths and just went for a minimally invasive surgery called biacuplasty for degenerative disc disease. Helped a bit and doctor said it shouldnt be. He was expecting close to 100% recovery. I had all of sarno books and actually read them before surgery...

So, I went to see a top TMS doctor yesterday in hopes that this would help me commit to and embrace a purely TMS approach. Now I am more confused. Visit highlights: -He confirmed that I very likely do have TMS (type T personality, TMS tender points, etc.) -Unfortunately, he did not think my MRI...

Hello I am in the day 4 of the program. I was a dr.Sarno patient 8 years ago. I met him because of back pain, sciatica could not walk properly, Sarno gave me back my confidence and told me I was stressed and feeling guilty. He also said I am a "goodist". Back from Italy a month ago I started to...

Hello All! My name is Jacopo and I live in Nyc since almost 9 years, I moved here from Milano, Italy I was 31 years old. I did have a plan how to succeed in my life but I was inside very scared of the new path. So I started to develop back pain. I remember one night I woke up in so much pain I...

I just finished reading the hebrew version of the book. I am suffering from back pain for 2 years now. tried every treatment available out there (physiotherapy to acupuncture). I am 10 days after a herniated disc surgery (l5-s1) and i am better but still feel some sciatica pain. I am starting to...

Another short video in which a TMS believer tells her pain free story: No name, but a young woman says she had been in chronic back pain for years and underwent all kinds of medical treatment after being diagnosed with two herniated back discs. Nothing helped her until she read Dr. John...

Herniated disc in Jan; Made a slow but good recovery over 8 weeks; Then last week, a ferocious relapse and asked for my 2nd epidural injection. I just could not stand the pain. I sensed I was going down a slippery slope. I decided to read Sarno's book and watch the DVD last week in repose. I...

Hello all. This is my first time in this forum and I'm searching for some advice. I feel rather hopeless at the moment. My lower back pain began one year ago on my left side, running down my left leg (sciatica?). It became difficult to sleep on my left side and sitting for long periods...

Hi All, I'm looking for some supportive ideas on my situation. I had my first MBS TMS symptoms in April 2012 in my right glute. It took 8 months it to increase to point where I thought it was more than the aches of a 46 yr old weekend warrior. My journey led me to a caring and conservative...

I think it might be good to share with you my story. I'm 29 years old male. In April this year I suffered an extremly huge pain in my backs with sciatica in my left leg. I visited my doctor and he ordered an MRI. The diagnosis was : HUGE EXTRUDED DISC L5-S1. I was shocked. Till that time I was...

From reading Levine's Waking the Tiger, I can see now that my TMS pain originated in the trauma of a horrendous fall I took out bouldering one night just after I took a new technical writing job at Tektronix Corp. in 1989. I recall being really mad that night about getting suckered out of my old...