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Recent Content by hawaii_five0

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    Looking for community

    I'm a member of Dan Buglio's group. It's pretty cost effective, $100/month. For that there is a 3 hour group Zoom call every Wednesday (actually...
    Post by: hawaii_five0, Jan 2, 2023 in forum: Support Subforum
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    Success Story - foot, back, shoulder

    Thanks for your success story! For me this was your key sentence: "Recovery is actually pretty simple – stop thinking and worrying about your...
    Post by: hawaii_five0, Oct 18, 2022 in forum: Success Stories Subforum
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    Encouragement

    hi peacefulpath: I am not "better" by any means (although have glimmers of improvement from time to time), so take what I say with a grain of...
    Post by: hawaii_five0, Sep 4, 2022 in forum: Support Subforum
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    How I cured my chronic hand pain as a software engineer

    Great success story! Wonderful to hear and happy for you. Question: if you had bad hand pain that must have affected almost everything you did in...
    Post by: hawaii_five0, Aug 15, 2022 in forum: Success Stories Subforum
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    Is repression of emotions really the issue?

    Sarno's "reduced oxygen" theory was probably not right (otherwise exercising that body part or getting a massage or wearing an oxygen mask would...
    Post by: hawaii_five0, Aug 4, 2022 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Hard flaccid syndrome and TMS

    Totally agree with @fridaynotes: your cocktail of symptoms is very very likely just one problem: nervous system/TMS. General feeling of tightness...
    Post by: hawaii_five0, Aug 3, 2022 in forum: Support Subforum
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    Pain and fear since 30 Years

    Grüß dich Kristina, willkommen. (Ich habe einige Jahre in Deutschland verbracht, aber vor 30 Jahren, trotzdem ich versuche es auf Deutsch zu...
    Post by: hawaii_five0, Aug 3, 2022 in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Newly diagnosed TMS - help

    Yes I think Georgie Oldfield was originally a physio, and I know some others were as well, like Jim Prussack in the US. But I think it was a...
    Post by: hawaii_five0, Jul 20, 2022 in forum: Support Subforum
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    Newly diagnosed TMS - help

    Contact or look at Georgie Oldfield's page, https://www.georgieoldfield.com/ (Georgie Oldfield - Your Pain Specialist) She is a TMS practicioner...
    Post by: hawaii_five0, Jul 20, 2022 in forum: Support Subforum
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    Day 1 Here Goes Nothing

    Hey @hopeful10: Just fyi, your experience of the problems going from the shoulder to the leg and other body parts is common I think, it...
    Post by: hawaii_five0, Jul 3, 2022 in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Day 8 This is my first post - feeling very unsure

    hi Dancing: this sounds so much like TMS. Especially since you have had so many inconclusive tests and seen so many specialists, pain that...
    Post by: hawaii_five0, Jun 26, 2022 in forum: Structured Educational Program
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    Anxiety and Muscle tension

    @Dorado: I know this is an old thread but thanks for posting this. What you described is basically what has happened with me: pre-TMS I enjoyed a...
    Post by: hawaii_five0, Jun 15, 2022 in forum: General Discussion Subforum
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    Running - TMS getting worse

    Thanks Jan. So if you have pain, replace "Ugggh, no, not again", with "...." - can you give some specific examples that work for you?
    Post by: hawaii_five0, Jun 15, 2022 in forum: Support Subforum
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    It wasn't easy.. but I got there

    Thanks a lot for coming back to give encouragement here. Can you give more tips about what you did or didn't do in those 6 months to get better?...
    Post by: hawaii_five0, Jun 15, 2022 in forum: Success Stories Subforum
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    Healed from chronic chronic back pain.. I Love Myself baby!!

    Thank you @IndiMarshall if you are still out there for posting this success story! Beautifully simple and encouraging.
    Post by: hawaii_five0, Apr 30, 2022 in forum: Success Stories Subforum