Hi Everyone, I have been suffering from TMS (SI joint, hip bursitis and gluteal tendinopathy) after a hurt myself at the gym 7 years ago. I did Dr Schubiner's course and Dr Hansoms course and have been virtually pain free. I have been afraid to go to the gym but I told myself to just go and I will work on the pain if it comes back. Of course it's back and now I'm having a difficult time getting back on track. Does anyone have any suggestions. I don't want to stop exercising.
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Pain after exercising
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Adam Coloretti (coach)
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Hi! My first question would be afraid of what and to what degree? Because the quality and intensity of your fear of returning to the gym will change how I answer you.
If you were excited to go back to the gym but a bit apprehensive because it's something new after all this time, then to me that's completely understandable. The best case here would be to remind yourself that there's nothing wrong with you and that any pain felt is just the brain readjusting.
If, however, you had a high level of fear and panic then I'd be questioning how convinced you are that there's nothing wrong with you. The fact that you're having a difficult time getting back on track suggests that it might have been more of this category. Another thing that makes me think you're here is despite essentially making a full recovery, you're still using medical terms such as gluteal tendinopathy. If it's TMS you don't have gluteal tendinopathy (very rare mixed cases exist, but you probably wouldn't have been able to get to virtually pain free just through TMS work if that was the case). Once I knew it was TMS, despite being told I had tendinopathy, I never used the label again, not in my head and not in conversation - because it was rubbish and false. The fact that you appear to still associate with them means I'm not surprised that you are having a difficult time getting back on track, it is quite predictable, because as soon as the pain comes back your mind will likely run back to those diagnoses and all the doubt within them, because you haven't thrown them out yet. Even if I had a re-flare up, that didn't happen because I'd already long abandoned those labels and what they meant in my body (there was never anything wrong in my body - except maybe in the 3 weeks after my injury). I know I'm essentially asking in retrospect, but I'm keen to hear which one you associated with more as that will inform what I say next
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Hi, I have been excited to go back to the gym but deep down fearful my pain would come back . I've been trying to ignore the fear. I have only gone twice and only walked on the treadmill. Today I've been in a full blown flare. I have been able to walk my neighbor hood and have been pain free so I know it's TMS but I'm having a hard time convincing my brain. So I guess you are right I must not be convinced. I've been doing mediation, telling myself I'm safe, and Journaling.