Story #8 - Jonathan Van Ee’s story about finger pain
Excerpt from http://www.mindisbody.com/story.html: “For about two and a half years my fingers were in continual pain from typing on a computer. I visited a variety of highly regarded doctors, took anti inflamatory medications, went to physical therapy, iced my hands, and more. My condition progressively worsened, even though I stopped typing completely. Eventually, I effectively lost the use of my hands. From that low point, I rapidly recovered by pushing through the pain. Today I am back to living the intense life I’m used to, typing for several hours at a time, and do not feel the same debilitating pain.” Read More…
Story #7 - Tom Haliburton, After over 25 years with chronic back pain finally a solution!
Thanks to Dr. SARNO’s book - Healing Back Pain - The Mindbody Prescription where Dr. SARNO shares his thinking about psychosomatic disorders, introduces Tension Myoneural Syndrome (TMS), and explains how the brain and emotions are the source of most of the misunderstood symptoms which people experience today, I can actually say that my pain is all but gone.
My Story,
In 1982 while playing a game of flag football with other students in my 1st year of university I was knocked to the ground (yes I missed the catch). I wasn’t able to get back to my feet because of immense pain in my lower back. When I finally was able to stand, the pain in my lower back was so intense that I could not take more than a baby step to move.
Fibromyalgia
Guest Author: Tatyana Staroverska from www.StarOverSky.com What is Fibromyalgia? Symptoms of Fibromyalgia Causes of Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia takes the form of chronic musculoskeletal pain that occurs in different parts of the body and at different intensities. This sensitivity of the tissues is not accompanied by any inflammation, nor does it damage the internal organs.
For the most part, fibromyalgia affects people of a certain psychological type: emotional but with good self-control. Fibromyalgia is most common among middle-aged women, although recently it has been known to affect children and men.
Symptoms of Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia’s primary symptom is a migrating, chronic musculoskeletal pain. The pain is usually accompanied by a feeling of stiffness in the morning, a sensation of swelling in the arms and legs, and muscles that tire rapidly. Changes in the weather, fatigue, and stress worsen the symptoms.
The Danger of Chronic Stress
Guest Author: Ivan Staroversky from www.StarOverSky.com
Did you know?
What is Stress?
What Happens Under Acute Stress?
What Happens Under Chronic Stress?
What can be done about stress?
Story # 6 - Rachel’s RSI Homage to Dr. Sarno
Excerpt from http://podolsky.everybody.org/rsi/: “I had RSI for about a year and a half. By random luck, a stranger (actually, two of them) referred me to The Mindbody Prescription by John Sarno. This was September 1999. I had chronic arm pain, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I treated my arms like they were made of fragile glass, I didn’t type at all (I used voice recognition software to do most of my work). I saw myself in the book, but I was afraid — afraid that if I believed in Sarno’s theory I might get worse…”
Story #5. Psychosomatic Conversion Disorder in Children
By Dr. Jorina Elbers, MD
Hi. My name is Jorina Elbers. I’m a Child Neurologist, and have been seeing children with psychosomatic symptoms for 6 years. I have seen children with symptoms including non-epileptic seizures, weakness, blindness, unstready gait, migraines, dizziness and sensory disturbances, with no underlying medical explanation. With the proper education and support these children have had full recoveries.
As a child neurologist, I have developed a particular interest in psychosomatic illness. I truly believe that these children need as much support and rehabilitation as any child with an underlying structural brain or nerve problem. The difficulty is, many physicians still don’t recognize psychosomatic illness for what it really is, and many children undergo test after test, and procedure after procedure, with no answers. I have found that once a family is given some information about psychosomatic symptoms, most of them will recognize this as occurring in their child, and be open to the proper treatment and support.
I hope you find the information provided helpful. This information is entirely from my own experience, with which I have had good success. It may not reflect the opinion of physicians elsewhere.
Stay Free! published an interview with Edward Shorter on the history of psychosomatic illness in the modern era: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/electronic-publications/stay-free/archives/21/edward_shorter.html
Story #4 - Interview with Ivan Staroversky
Last month I interviewed Ivan Staroversky about psychosomatic medicine. Ivan is a member of the American Psychological Association, an Neuro-Linguistic Programming Trainer, and an alternative health care consultant based in Toronto Canada. Ivan has his own story over-coming the Mumps virus and now uses innovative methods to help people deal with their illness and get well again. For more information, check out Ivan’s website at www.staroversky.com. The text of the interview follows (click “Read More” below). To watch the video of the interview, click “Read More” and scroll down or visit our youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/healingfrominsidewww.staroversky.com. The text of the interview follows (click “Read More” below). To watch the video of the interview, click “Read More” and scroll down or visit our youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/healingfrominside
WS: What’s the difference between somatic and psychosomatic medicine?
IS: Somatic medicine involves the cells of the body and is based on physical and biological aspects of the problem. The somatic approach is the traditional approach of western medicine and it usually deals with the symptoms of the problem. For example, a person comes to see a doctor and describes his/her symptoms. The doctor writes a drug prescription to get rid of the symptoms.
Psychosomatic means that a physical condition is caused or greatly influenced by psychological factors.
Story #3 - Pain in the Guts
(Mike is a talented stand-up comedian who describes here a mystery pain in his guts that developed after he moved to a new country, and his meditation technique to get rid of it forever - WS)
I was walking down the street one day on my way to work and all of a sudden had a stabbing pain in my guts region. Ow! I thought, darn is this a hernia or ulcer or something? I knew very nothing about health matters.
The pain was on the lower left side of my guts. I got on with the day, and that week went in to see a doctor. Hmm, he couldn’t feel anything weird - and sent me to get an x-ray. Hmm, they couldn’t find anything weird.
It’s worth noting that this all happened in my first weeks in a strange country doing a job that was quite daunting. Also worth noting that since I was in a strange country, I was paying heavily for all this medical treatment. Also worth noting that I was close to being homeless in this strange country, and the daunting job was the only way away from this.
The stabbing pain came back many times over the next year, an eventful and stressful one, and I had visited the x-rayer a few more times. Ka-ching, ka-ching.
Then time passed, as in years, and one night I found myself lying in bed having reached a sort of general peace. The pain came back and I got to thinking about it deeply. What the Heck was up with this weird pain? I had recently done a meditation course that had taught me to analyze physical pain from an outside perspective, and I gave this old ‘friend’ such a treatment. I mentally boarded a tiny inner submarine and shot down from my mind to my guts. And lo and behold, the thing dissolved like mist under the glare of sunshine. Utterly gone. Once a monster, now a coward - like all devils.
If it ever came back again, I don’t remember.
Mike Sheer
June 29th, 2010
London UK
Story #2 - A Tale of Psychosomatic Tendonitis from Alex Cole
Will asked me to share my story of tension myositis syndrome (TMS) about a month ago, and I couldn’t be happier to do so. Discovering TMS, learning about it, and applying self-treatment techniques was one of the most interesting, rewarding, and important experiences of my life. It was also a lot of fun at times!
I started experiencing pain in my left knee around February 2007. I was in 2nd year university at the time. A couple of my roommates were serious basketball players and I fell in love with the game. I started playing about 3 times a week. I was in some of the best shape of my life.
Although I thought absolutely nothing of it at the time, I do remember exactly the first time I felt my TMS. I lived in the basement at that point, and had to walk up the stairs every morning. One morning I had quite noticeable pain on left knee while walking up the stairs. Little did I know it would dictate the next year of my life, GRRRR!
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