In previous blogs and on this mind-body website, I have mostly focused on the psychological side of TMS (Tension Myositis Syndrome). For those not familiar, TMS is a condition that causes physical symptoms such as chronic pain often attributed to structural abnormalities, but that are rooted in psychological factors, not physical ones. I am firmly […]
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This title is a little misleading because conditioned TMS responses are exactly what TMS chronic pain and symptom responses are in a nutshell. All of them. The number one obstacle holding knowledgeable TMS warriors back from a more permanent cure that does not involve recurring symptoms is conditioned responses. Another way to describe a conditioned
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In a recent posting prominent doctor, author, and reformed former back surgeon Dr. David Hanscom, laid out very specifically why he cannot ethically support common surgical procedures and treatments for Degenerative Disc Disease that he also points out is not a real disease. He also describes in detail why the common diagnosis and treatment and
One of the frequently asked questions I see from those seeking TMS advice is to ask if food sensitivities are TMS. But what does that question mean? What does it mean if something is TMS? I think this subject could probably be an entirely different blog on down the line. My TMS case was textbook
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NBA Star Michael Porter Jr. of my Denver Nuggets recently shared on a Podcast that he has cured years of chronic back pain using mindset shifts and knowledge that his back pain is not and never was due to the misdiagnosis of Degenerative Disc Disease, but is actually due to a mind body condition known
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I already discussed how meditation does not cure TMS chronic pain, but I will explain how meditation is a tool that helps me be able to adopt the mindset that keeps me distraction free and pain free. I will first summarize my general process with the Mindfulness work and my daily meditation practice, and then
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Does Meditation work to cure TMS chronic Pain? The answer is unfortunately no, although it would be a lot cooler if it did. How do I know that Meditation does not cure TMS? If it did you would not be reading this. I already was a regular meditator before and during the entire time I
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Many teach and advise emotional work to treat TMS chronic pain. This never made complete since to me and it never worked for me either. From Sarno, I learned that TMS chronic pain symptoms are a subconsciously created distraction protecting me from emotions I subconsciously couldn’t deal with. If TMS symptoms are a distraction from
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I hear the same advice all the time in the TMS therapy circles and every time, I am a little confused by it. People say, “you have to fully believe that your pain is TMS in order to get relief.”. Or “If you are still in pain then you must be doubting that you have
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In previous blogs, I have discussed the concept of a TMS Chronic pain control mindset. The mindset that I adopt when I feel the onset of a flare up, or to keep one from showing up in the first place, is one of extreme confidence in the innate power of my mind over my body.
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