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But what if the pain is truly warning you of a dangerous physical condition, or something that could cause irreversible damage?
by code_duck 8y ago
But what if the pain is truly warning you of a dangerous physical condition, or something that could cause irreversible damage?
- nemo1618 8y agoThat is a risk, I admit. You should do your best to rule out any clear structural causes for your pain. The tricky thing is that doctors will often provide structural explanations for your pain that are believable when you actually have TMS. In Aaron's story, four different hand surgeons gave him four different interpretations of an imaging scan. My advice is to only consider the TMS diagnosis after you've had consistent pain for many months. Our bodies are strong and can heal from most structural injuries in this time. A sprained wrist should not be causing you pain a year later. Lastly, you can reintroduce movement gradually. Dr. Sarno advised not resuming physical activity until the pain had already improved a bit. He also said that, of his many patients, none ever reported that resuming physical activity permanently worsened their condition.
- code_duck 8y agoIt seems that this is fairly specific to certain types of chronic pain. In my case, I did my best to overlook, work around and ignore discomfort and pain for years, and that was a grave mistake. I was very good at it and suffered for a long time, over twice the average time that people go undiagnosed. The medical system also failed to accurately diagnose me several times when they had the chance. This delay in treatment may have created permanent nerve and digestive system damage that could have been avoided.