Book New TMS therapy book by Dr. David Schechter

[BruceMC]

I was just looking at the web page advertising the Back2Life massager:

http://www.brookstone.com/pd/back2life-continuous-motion-massager/636787p.html?bkeid=search%7Cgoogle%7Cbidword%7Cback2life%7Cc%7Ce (Back2Life Continuous Motion Massager)

Kind of an aggressive marketing strategy, but I agree with DocDave that it couldn't hurt a TMS patient. However, I've noticed that using those circular roller tubes with cleats on the outside will loosen up the muscles in my glutes when I sit on one and roll back and forth. I guess everyone is arguing all the time about what so-called "trigger points" actually are, but using those rollers does seem to break them up and promote circulation in the area. However, you have to employ a mind-body strategy that acknowledges the underlying emotional causes of your pain if you want TMS pain to go away permanently. The Back2Life device and the rollers are only temporary fixes if you don't get an intellectual understanding of the emotional causes of your TMS condition. But if you're really gripped up and immobilized with TMS pain and a device helps reduce it, even temporarily, you might as well try it as long as you continue doing The Work too.

 

[Tennis Tom]

Thanks Dr. Schechter for entering the fray and giving your view-point--internet message boards are not for the faint of heart. That was my take on the device too, it won't cause any harm, and would offer some gentle return to movement, with some relaxation, helping to lower the TMS "reservoir of rage". I'm copying an earlier post of mine below, when the topic came up previously. The world of TMS sufferers open to the idea that, "it's all, or partially, in their head", or emanates from there, is miniscule. Most folks want a quick fix for their pain, an RX or surgery. Maybe the device should be packaged for the holidays with TMS books and tapes that should be read and listened in conjunction to using it.

"I've seen this "back" device on late night TV infomercials and it does look like it could be fun--for about three times, until getting bored with it and it gets thrown under the bed to collect dust. It may be fun at parties, or if used by someone who is housebound, having very limited opportunities for movement with a very stiff torso allowing the anatomy to release--you could meditate and watch CSI Miami at the same time.

But, the mindset would have to be that there is nothing wrong with the back, except, that it's slowly atrophying due to a lack of movement, induced by fear, propagated by collective medical/industrial meme. If you wait long enough it will probably be purchasable at a bricks and mortar store like Bed, Bath and Beyond with a 30 day return policy."

 

[pspa]

I was just looking at the web page advertising the Back2Life massager:

http://www.brookstone.com/pd/back2life-continuous-motion-massager/636787p.html?bkeid=search%7Cgoogle%7Cbidword%7Cback2life%7Cc%7Ce (Back2Life Continuous Motion Massager)

Kind of an aggressive marketing strategy, but I agree with DocDave that it couldn't hurt a TMS patient. However, I've noticed that using those circular roller tubes with cleats on the outside will loosen up the muscles in my glutes when I sit on one and roll back and forth. I guess everyone is arguing all the time about what so-called "trigger points" actually are, but using those rollers does seem to break them up and promote circulation in the area. However, you have to employ a mind-body strategy that acknowledges the underlying emotional causes of your pain if you want TMS pain to go away permanently. The Back2Life device and the rollers are only temporary fixes if you don't get an intellectual understanding of the emotional causes of your TMS condition. But if you're really gripped up and immobilized with TMS pain and a device helps reduce it, even temporarily, you might as well try it as long as you continue doing The Work too.

A couple of articles questioning the whole trigger point thing.
http://www.bodyinmind.org/trigger-point-evaluation/ (A critical evaluation of the trigger point phenomenon)
http://www.fmperplex.com/2015/03/05/a-critical-evaluation-of-the-trigger-point-phenomenon-continued/ (THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE TRIGGER POINT EMPIRE – The Fibromyalgia Perplex)