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sciatica - low back butt and leg pain

  1. L

    I am Back and I am Shouting from Rooftops

    I've been actively involved in the TMS Community for about a year and a half but had no yet posted my recovery story. A lot of twists and turns along with some moments of doubt along the way. In a nutshell, I have had TMS symptoms going back to probably when I was 8 or so - the first one I can...
  2. K

    Severe sciatic pain is here again

    Hello, I'm new! I developed sciatic pain on my left side last June. I had physical therapy in the fall, and seemed to get a lot better. Starting in December, I started to have tingling in that leg, and it really worried me. The tingling and pain has been increasing, and my doctor prescribed an...
  3. E

    Small victories from a beginner!

    Hi, I've been working on healing a 4 year sciatica when I sit issue with Dr. Schubiner's book and the free parts of the curable app for about a month. I'm really happy to share that I have been sitting much more, and with fewer symptoms (sometimes none) for a few weeks. Every day is different...
  4. M

    It wants to come back (low back, pelvic and sciatica)

    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...
  5. E

    My year of unbearable foot pain

    This is a doozy of a story. Feel free to skim it or read it in its entirety. Either way, I'd love any input, feedback, advice, encouragement, or warnings you might have. I feel so incredibly lost. Thanks, my friends. Background/context: I've had lots of trouble with very tight calves and...
  6. P

    Sciatica pain and meditation

    Hi guys, as mentioned in a previous post this week, I'm currently suffering from a quite severe sciatica that prevents me from sleeping at night. Yesterday, I came across this video on TEDx: A Different Approach To Pain Management. Although I'm familiar with Mindfulness meditation, I'm not...
  7. H

    Running through the pain?

    I'm relapsing with this TMS and it's so unbelievably frustrating. I've got left glute, lower back, and sciatica type pain. I'm so frustrated that I want to run through it. I just want to say "Ef it" and go for a job like usual. My question: is this the right thing to do? I'm afraid I'll make...
  8. Pietro Carloni

    progress in small steps

    Good morning everyone, in this period I'm reading the Divided Mind for the first time and I wanted to report my experience, hoping to have some suggestions and that my considerations on the subject can be of support to those who have recently started TMS approach. I started following this...
  9. M

    Vacation anxiety and pain

    Have been good for a couple weeks from low back pain and sciatica. Been hiking and staying active. Played some soccer yesterday and today I’m moving like a mummy. My left hip and low back feel like they’re going to spasm. I’m off on vacation and have a family trip to the beach coming up on...
  10. M

    Annular tear l5-S1

    Has anyone had an annular tear and healed from it because u accepted it was tms? I was told from my mri that my low back pain and sciatica pain are the cause of an annular tear to my L5-S1. I have read Sarnos books and felt I was healed for a couple months but recently had a relapse of...
  11. healingfromchronicpain

    Will sharing help resolve new symptom

    It’s 2:45 am and I can’t sleep. Trying to talk myself past what seems like my sciatic nerve talking to me. I’ve been dealing with chronic neck pain for over a decade now, but my pain has become manageable by way of understanding the mindbody connection for the last several years . (However, I’m...
  12. S

    Does this sound like TMS?

    Hi all, I would really appreciate if you could take a few minutes to read this. I’d be grateful for any advice / answers / support. I’m at the end of my tether and struggling to see how I can get out of this. I am hoping you can help me in judging if this is TMS (i’m struggling to see it...
  13. MindBodyPT

    Full TMS recovery from back pain and sciatica

    Hi all, I realize it has been over a year since I found Dr. Sarno, TMS and these forums and that I never officially posted my success story! I know i’ve spoken to many of you about it but here it is, fleshed out. Hopefully a little inspiration for those still struggling…though you are never...
  14. lauraseago

    Dr. Stracks's Recovery Story (from TMS patient to TMS physician)

    If any of you are in the Chicago area and have TMS, you're probably familiar with Dr. John Stracks... he's an excellent TMS physician who's been at Northwestern for many years and just left to start his own practice. He's actually MY doctor, and he's the one who introduced me to TMS concepts...
  15. O

    Mega-relapse, need help!

    I have been pain-free for nearly two years and my success story is posted here: http://www.tmswiki.org/forum/threads/tms-healing-worked-for-me For a about a year, I have been working a high-stress job in community mental health. I also teach two online classes, am the father of a young child...
  16. I

    Good news for a change

    Hi all, Just a follow up to my gloomy last message when I got to the end of the SEP. The thrust of that post was that I'd finished the course in worse pain than when I started. That was true, and in the days that followed I got even worse than that and developed sciatica, which I've never had...
  17. P

    Sciatica cured but now post nasal drip

    Hello All, I'm new here although I've been reading all the books that I can on TMS. I have successfully cured sciatica and lower back pain and I'm back running again. Sometimes after a hard run, I get some knee pain. I talk to my mind or brain and ask it to stop doing what it's doing. It never...
  18. Stephanie71

    Weird question ... almost there ... help!

    So I am fairly certain my pain is 100% TMS, but I am still experiencing doubt and fear that there is something structurally wrong with my left leg (where I have had majority of my pain for 12 years.) It is mostly sciatica type pain and pirifornis stuff but also hip pain, knee pain/clicking...
  19. M

    A painkiller found to be no better than a placebo for sciatica

    Source: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/03/22/a-painkiller-found-to-be-no-better-than-placebo-for-sciatica/ (A painkiller found to be no better than a placebo for sciatica) A drug frequently prescribed for pain is no more effective than...
  20. L

    Healing from Piriformis pain and sciatica. Thanks Pain Psychology Center!!!

    This is a long story but felt all information was important for someone. NO PAIN NOW!! My name is Donnie Luper and I want to share my success story on the forum. I am now 60 years old and a dentist in NC. About 18 years ago I started having severe back pain in the lower back. I tried massage...
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