Hi my name is Zack,
I'm 31 years and have had chronic pain for over 10 years now. Despite having the absence of a specific accident, I developed pain and weakness in my hands, fingers, thumbs, wrist and forearm muscles. As a result, through the years, I've severely limited my guitar playing time, and writing and typing were often extremely difficult due to either pain and or muscle cramping. Later in my mid 20s I developed neck, shoulder, and upper back tension that was so severe that I quit playing competitive sports, running, and lifting weights. I've had extreme difficulty standing or sitting for an extended period of time. I have dreaded going to work because as a nurse, my job is very physical and my pain would invariably increase. Needless to say my pain caused me a lot of emotional stress. Little did I know that unconscious emotions were causing my pain. Over the years, I continually searched for a solution to my pain. I saw an MD injury specialist who said my pain was due to scoliosis, and hyper-mobility of my joints. She prescribed physical therapy and gave trigger point injections which didn't help. I saw multiple chiropractors, other physical therapists, and an Egoscue therapist who contradicted her and said that I didn't have hyper-mobility, but they would theorize something else physically wrong with me light a lack of cervical lordosis, forward head posture, rounded shoulders, weak core muscles, stiff ribs, and even thoracic outlet syndrome. Thankfully about a month ago I came across the work of Dr. Sarno, and it was a revelation to me. For years, thanks to advice of so called specialists, I thought my body was fragile, and that there was a seemingly unresolvable misalignment in my posture causing the pain. Since discovering Dr. Sarno's work, I have read two of his books and have also read Steve Ozanich's wonderful book, the Pain Deception. It's a blessing to finally know the source of my pain. I only wish I discovered it sooner. So many of the typical TMS sufferer's characteristics I possess myself in that I'm a goodist, non-confrontational, social anxious, a worrier, an introvert, highly competitive, and I experienced a profound loss when my mother died of cancer when I was 5. Anyways, I'm really looking forward to meeting you all, learning from you, and continuing my path to healing.
I'm 31 years and have had chronic pain for over 10 years now. Despite having the absence of a specific accident, I developed pain and weakness in my hands, fingers, thumbs, wrist and forearm muscles. As a result, through the years, I've severely limited my guitar playing time, and writing and typing were often extremely difficult due to either pain and or muscle cramping. Later in my mid 20s I developed neck, shoulder, and upper back tension that was so severe that I quit playing competitive sports, running, and lifting weights. I've had extreme difficulty standing or sitting for an extended period of time. I have dreaded going to work because as a nurse, my job is very physical and my pain would invariably increase. Needless to say my pain caused me a lot of emotional stress. Little did I know that unconscious emotions were causing my pain. Over the years, I continually searched for a solution to my pain. I saw an MD injury specialist who said my pain was due to scoliosis, and hyper-mobility of my joints. She prescribed physical therapy and gave trigger point injections which didn't help. I saw multiple chiropractors, other physical therapists, and an Egoscue therapist who contradicted her and said that I didn't have hyper-mobility, but they would theorize something else physically wrong with me light a lack of cervical lordosis, forward head posture, rounded shoulders, weak core muscles, stiff ribs, and even thoracic outlet syndrome. Thankfully about a month ago I came across the work of Dr. Sarno, and it was a revelation to me. For years, thanks to advice of so called specialists, I thought my body was fragile, and that there was a seemingly unresolvable misalignment in my posture causing the pain. Since discovering Dr. Sarno's work, I have read two of his books and have also read Steve Ozanich's wonderful book, the Pain Deception. It's a blessing to finally know the source of my pain. I only wish I discovered it sooner. So many of the typical TMS sufferer's characteristics I possess myself in that I'm a goodist, non-confrontational, social anxious, a worrier, an introvert, highly competitive, and I experienced a profound loss when my mother died of cancer when I was 5. Anyways, I'm really looking forward to meeting you all, learning from you, and continuing my path to healing.
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