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I've posted about this many times here and so have a lot of other people: If you're suffering from any chronic aches or pains especially back pain or RSI it may
by superasn 6y ago
I've posted about this many times here and so have a lot of other people: If you're suffering from any chronic aches or pains especially back pain or RSI it may be TMS (though only a doctor can tell you that but you need to be informed).
The internet and medical community is full of misinformed people who will fill your head about how a pinched nerve or a slipped disc can cause you immense pain and some doctor may even put you under the knife. But at least read about TMS before you do something drastic.
See tmswiki.org (not my site) for hundreds and thousands of people who have recovered from decades of back pain after spending hundreds and thousands of dollars but never realized it could be simple TMS which doesn't cost a dime to fix.
I'm amongst one of these people and after nearly suffering for many many years did someone on hacker news posted about it and that comment changed my life literally. Pain is all I could think about back then and it interfered with my work, relationships, life. Just reading Sarnos book got me halfway there. Then daily exercises and watching hundreds of testimonials on YouTube made by common people helped me more.
- koolba 6y agoWhat does TMS stand for?
- superasn 6y agoIt stands for tension myositis syndrome. This is a good introduction to it (1) (1) https://www.tmswiki.org/ppd/An_Introduction_to_Tension_Myositis_Syndrome_(TMS) https://www.tmswiki.org/ppd/An_Introduction_to_Tension_Myosi...
- schroffl 6y agoAccording to the website in their comment it apparently stands for "Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS)" (https://www.tmswiki.org/ppd/An_Introduction_to_Tension_Myositis_Syndrome_(TMS) https://www.tmswiki.org/ppd/An_Introduction_to_Tension_Myosi...)
- playcache 6y agoas others have said, tension myositis syndrome. The theory is supressing uncomfortable thoughts results in the body instead trying to communicate them as pain. I personally think its quack science, but it seems to work for some people, so that is what matters.
- subpixel 6y agoI can only attest to back surgery being very, very risky and yet pushed as the obvious answer to severe back pain. An acquaintance of mine had failed surgery for a pinched nerve and his life went downhill fast.
- everybodyknows 6y agoI had persistent idiopathic back pain in my 20's. The cure was abdominal strengthening exercises, and better attention to posture.