tms explanation

Best 8 minute video explaining why people get TMS. Does it apply to you, too? It applies to me, big time. “The body will speak to you loud and clear. The body will say no when you’re not saying no.” “We can look on these difficulties as problems, or as teachings to bring us back to...

This quote from an article about nutrition while ill is very relevant to the big question we have in our work, which is why do our brains create what is often disabling suffering via TMS symptoms. It's all connected to the basic biological need for our bodies to simply survive, no matter how...

Every time I read Dr Sarno's "The MindBody Prescription" I pick up many snippets and insights of important information, which I later forget because I'm in the middle of doing battle with a TMS condition or conditions, and right now I'm going through the same thing with a new condition. As a...

I was never officially diagnosed by an NHS Rheumatologist, but several doctors and healthcare professionals thought I had Crohn’s disease, Celiac disease or Ankylosing Spondylitis. I was ill to some extent with chronic fatigue, back pain and a steadily growing list of intolerances for about 9...

Hi there! I hope all of you are well. I horrible widespread TMS after finishing HS (intense shoulder pain, diffuse nerve pain, back pain, brain fog, etc). After discovering the TMS literature, I embarked on the long road to recovery and resolved most of my symptoms. That said, one symptom that...

Hi everyone, I have a question which I could not get really answered searching the web or this forum. In the TMS theory distinction is made between unconsciousness and consciousness. However, it is not clear to me whether by unconsciousness, actually the unconsciousness is meant, or the...

Hi everyone, I host a podcast on life's predicaments called Friends With Deficits, and just released an episode about TMS, featuring a guest who has it, myself (who also deals with it) and Laura Heidrich from the Pain Cure Clinic. It's entertaining (I hope!) as well as informative, and may...

hi all, I have posted two things in the ask a tms therapist section but can’t find them so here is my last attempt: I have been diagnosed with posterior and anterior ankle impingement. I have a bruise on the top of my foot which kind of goes with the findings in the mri. However, I have had...

Okay, I’m not an expert by any means, but I’ve been on this TMS healing roller coaster for four years now, so I can at least tell you what I’ve learned. Not everything is TMS - however, structural issues or injuries that should have healed in due time, but hasn’t, IS. This is an important...

I would say I have healed 97% from my pelvic pain sometimes it comes up rarely but I know exactly what it is and it subsides fairly quickly. However, since healing that pain I have had symptom substitutions left and right! From OCD to bloating to anxiety and When a new thing comes up when I...

Found this while googling around " Psychological Factors in Chronic Pain: An Introduction to Psychosomatic Pain Management by Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, M.D., PhD This lecture was presented at the 14th annual meeting of the American Association of Orthopaedic Medicine, Tempe Arizona Feb.21, 1997...

Hey everyone! I created a TMS web series on YouTube called GotPainCure which is meant to be an information tool and resource directory for anyone with TMS or who hasn't heard about TMS yet. My videos are designed to be a visual aid for what TMS is, how it works, and how to treat it, and be...

Hi I am still struggling with my throat pain, and I'm going to start seeing my old therapist again. He knows nothing about TMS, but would be open to the idea, and is a great therapist. He is also incredibly busy and I can't really ask him to read a whole book on TMS. I was hoping before this...