YouWillOvercome
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Hi folks,
Intro
For a little background, I used to be very active in the TMS communities for years during my pain cycles, but have not in the past few years as I beat my major pain issues (at the time, it was back and hip, which I overcame talking to others about TMS and reading Sarno's books).
I have noticed myself struggling with chronic lower-level pain and soreness (stiffness). Much of this I have always attributed to low recovery from weight lifting, as I have always viewed weight lifting, mobility issues, and DOMS outside of the TMS world. However, I am starting to wonder what others think about this because it seems to have more and more of a pattern for me as to when I feel that pain, and I am questioning everything around it, making it feel like there are some TMS elements.
Questions/Concerns
the past few years, I have had many issues with weight lifting and never recovered from the soreness. (I got married in that time frame, have had financial stress, and bought a house - lots of natural stressors during this time). However, I have attributed this chronic soreness/tightness to mobility issues, not stretching enough from my workout or poor nutrition. This sends me into a frenzy of "How can I change my diet to fix this," "How can I stretch or do more Yoga to fix this." etc... But that has me thinking, is that even an issue? I am 28; should I be dealing with these pains from only four days of lifting a week? To me, asking these questions puts me back into a TMS mindset, which scares me, thinking something is wrong with myself when there might be nothing wrong.
But, then again, there are so many people in the fitness world who talk about the things about actually having an impact (mobility issues, posture issues, nutrition issues [my nutrition is pretty good, mostly health], stretching issues, overwork issues, etc.). This worries me.
Final Questions
Intro
For a little background, I used to be very active in the TMS communities for years during my pain cycles, but have not in the past few years as I beat my major pain issues (at the time, it was back and hip, which I overcame talking to others about TMS and reading Sarno's books).
I have noticed myself struggling with chronic lower-level pain and soreness (stiffness). Much of this I have always attributed to low recovery from weight lifting, as I have always viewed weight lifting, mobility issues, and DOMS outside of the TMS world. However, I am starting to wonder what others think about this because it seems to have more and more of a pattern for me as to when I feel that pain, and I am questioning everything around it, making it feel like there are some TMS elements.
Questions/Concerns
the past few years, I have had many issues with weight lifting and never recovered from the soreness. (I got married in that time frame, have had financial stress, and bought a house - lots of natural stressors during this time). However, I have attributed this chronic soreness/tightness to mobility issues, not stretching enough from my workout or poor nutrition. This sends me into a frenzy of "How can I change my diet to fix this," "How can I stretch or do more Yoga to fix this." etc... But that has me thinking, is that even an issue? I am 28; should I be dealing with these pains from only four days of lifting a week? To me, asking these questions puts me back into a TMS mindset, which scares me, thinking something is wrong with myself when there might be nothing wrong.
But, then again, there are so many people in the fitness world who talk about the things about actually having an impact (mobility issues, posture issues, nutrition issues [my nutrition is pretty good, mostly health], stretching issues, overwork issues, etc.). This worries me.
Final Questions
- Has anyone experienced poor recovery and chronic stiffness symptoms that they attributed to lifting but have found out that it was TMS?
- Does anyone have any recommendations on how to deal with this?
