Hi Helen, 
You
sound like TMS. The litigious nature of society today (and a good contributor to why TMS is epidemic in our
advanced Western culture ) requires us to
warn and admonish you to get a physical workup from a physician to exclude serious structural conditions that need treatment (they could also be due to TMS/karma) but still should be treated symptomatically through the miracles of modern of the modern medical/phamracal/industrial complex--although I believe in TMS I still get quarterly teeth cleanings and dental work when needed, even root canals.
But you sure sound like TMS and that you intuitively get it. SteveO who has written a great TMS tome titled
"THE GREAT PAIN DECEPTION" that I highly recommend adding to your TMS reading list, coined a word "tracordification" or the need to be social. You have made the connection to the start of your pain to the separation from your partner or main squeeze as we call them here in the Golden State--you made a good connection to the dis-connection. SteveO is also a pranayama yoga instructor so he has a lot of wind power :cigar:--get his book so he knows where his next glass of wine is coming from
. He's diligently working on an audio version which would be great to listen to while commuting and another TMS book since his editor cut his first book in half and left out all the juicy stuff and TMS dirt- -can hardly wait for the movie which hopefully will be on the Lifetime, Hallmark, Golf, Sci-fi or MTV channels. He hasn't had time to appear on Oprah with all he is doing but if she sends a town car to Ohio and the Presidential suite at the Waldorf, we could continue discussions and that could make it a maybe.
That's enough flacking for my good buddy SteveO (spelled Steven Ray Ozanich) and the title if I didn't mention it is : "
THE GREAT PAIN DECEPTION : FAULTY MEDICAL ADVICE IS MAKING US WORSE". Back to you Helen of Birmingham, I assume you're in England--although you could be in Alabama too, I've copied the TMS practitioners in the UK for you and if you're going to get some TMS counseling, you'll get the most bang for your buck or pounds by getting it from a TMS practitioner. In my opinion most shrinks I've known have NO interest in psychosomatic conditions and want to ally themselves with white-coats who have no interest whatsoever in it--if they can't "cure" you they can now get a referral fee from a chiroquackter, accupunk, or a pain clinic many of which they now have in house of down the hall from them.
Regarding YOGA, keep doing it, I feel it's complementary to TMS especially the other seven limbs of it after reading the body by doing the asanas. Western Yoga is all about the stretch
but the real deal YOGA includes all the other stuff that YOKES the mind and the body into the MINDBODY.
There are some TMS meet-up groups in the UK and if you can't see a TMS practitioner in person phones and skyping can be just as good.
Cheers and G'luck!
tt
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Practitioner Liz DydeLiz Dyde, BACP (
Therapist)
Lifeways Complementary Health Centre
Available via Phone
30 Albany Road
Stratford upon Avon
Warwickshire
CV37 6PG
Tel: 01789 295890
liz@lizdyde.com
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Practitioner Louise LevyLouise Levy (
Therapist)
Louise has a Master's degree in Guidance Counseling and diplomas in both Clinical Advanced Hypnotherapy and Cognitive Behavioral Hypno-Psychotherapy (Hypno-CBT). Louise was one of the first practitioners to go through the
SIRPA Practitioner Training Programme with
Georgie Oldfield, MCSP, and became an Advanced Specialist of Chronic Pain in 2011. She says, “Working as a therapist means I am consulted on a range of conditions affecting the mind and the body. I am particularly passionate about supporting people with TMS and chronic pain as I myself suffered from severe TMS back pain for 12 years.” Louise offers both face to face and telephone consultations.
Available via Phone
Lily House
11/12 The Shrubberies
George Lane
South Woodford
London E18 1BD
Tel: 020 8530 8888
Tel: 07984 011429
Fax: 020 8530 5566
info@louiselevy.co.uk
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Toireasa McCann, CABP (
Therapist)
Integrative Body Psychotherapist
Clinics in London SW2 and NW6
07789 267171
voxnova1@yahoo.co.uk
Practitioner Georgie OldfieldGeorgina Oldfield, MCSP (
Physiotherapist)
Georgie Oldfield said, "Despite being a Physiotherapist, Dr Sarno's concept and approach was not a surprise to me. For many years prior to coming across this work in 2007 I had been looking for the answer to the many inconsistencies I had been observing with my own patients. I had also already begun to realise that pain often did not appear to be related to the structural problems patients had been diagnosed with. Coming across TMS was an epiphany moment for me and has completely changed my whole understanding and therefore how I work. Having seen the remarkable and often life changing recoveries in my own patients, I am passionate about working with people with TMS/PPD and 100% of my time over the past few years has been developing this work and raising the profile in the UK.
Since developing SIRPA I continue to work in a clinical role working with people who suffer from TMS/PPD. Although based in Yorkshire I also run regular assessment clinics in London and Bristol. Through SIRPA I also run training courses for other regulated Health Professionals in order to help them integrate this approach into their own work. Our aim is to raise the profile of this work by increasing the awareness of stress illness to the public and Practitioners as well as the Medical world.”(
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Georgie also runs monthly clinics in London.
A physiotherapist is very similar to a doctor, in that they can make diagnoses and order medical tests. A physiotherapist in the UK is very similar to a Physical Therapist in the United States.
Available via Phone and Skype
19 Longley Lane
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK
01484 452500
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Lettuce Dance said, "I eventually went to see Georgie Oldfield in Huddersfield in Yorkshire. It was a bit of a slog getting there, but it was well worth it. (Even filling out the pre-appointment assessment on my family, background and past illnesses was very revealing.)
I visited her in February, and felt an immediate improvement. For me, the fact that she comes from a physiotherapy background, and thoroughly understands the mechanics of one's body, was very helpful.
I chose to do her programme, which I followed in a fairly informal fashion, as I was bogged down with a big work project at the time. The programme included a series of follow-up appointments, which we did via Skype: these were really good. She went to great lengths to help me. I found her sympathetic and professional."
Practitioner Jane ParkinsonJane Parkinson, UKCP (
Therapist)
Jane Parkinson is a registered psychoanalytic psychotherapist in the United Kingdom. She trained at the Bowlby Centre and has over twenty years of clinical experience, 7 of those years has involved patients with TMS. In October of 2012, she attended the PPDA Conference:
When Stress Causes Pain, where she developed relationships with other TMS practitioners. Parkinson uses an Attachment-based form of psychotherapy that has at its core an understanding of the importance of relationships to human growth and development throughout life. In addition, she works with TMS physician Nick Straiton, and does conduct therapy sessions using Skype.(
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Available via Phone and Skype
Brighton, United Kingdom, BN1 3RR
Tel: 01273 739281
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Rachel Stevens
Nicholas Straiton, MBBS (
Physician)
Dr. Straiton is an English doctor based in Brighton. He says:
“I am a medical practitioner and registered osteopath who works in the NHS but also has a private practice where I treat patients suffering from musculo-skeletal disorders. For the last ten years I have been working in the NHS for the Back Pain Service at the local hospital. I have always been interested in psychosomatic medicine and a few years ago a psychotherapist colleague introduced me to Dr Sarno's books. His description of the frustration of working in a hospital environment where high tech investigations and treatment strategies fail to alleviate many people suffering from back pain mirrored exactly my own experience . I became fascinated by his approach and eventually went out to New York to sit in at his clinics at the Rusk institute in order to learn first hand the process that he uses to diagnose and treat patients with TMS. This experience was truly valuable and enriching to the degree that I would say that my practice has changed significantly since that time. I believe that many, but not all, of patients suffering with chronic back pain are manifesting emotional distress through a physical symptom and for any long lasting relief to be achieved the factors relevant to this distress need to be recognised and addressed.” (
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Available via Phone
1, Glover's Yard, 121, Havelock Road
Brighton, East Sussex BN1 6GN
01273 540303
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Honora Totman
