After a year, pain is back..

So, after going through the books and this site and journaling, my low back pain went away about a year ago - a TMS success story which I posted on here. Well, I played golf for the first time this year 5 days ago and the low back pain has returned.

At first, I thought maybe it was truly sore muscles. But no, it is TMS.

I am surprised because I played lots of golf last year and was so free and painless.

My question is, is the pain a result of a sub-conscious and unnecessary fear from the golf itself (my body wrongly thinking it is dangerous). Or do I have some unexpressed emotion that I'm unaware of and golfing was the trigger? I learn toward the former, though Dr. Sarno seems so bent on sub-conscious anger being the culprit in the vast majority of cases.

 

I think it's time to do some emotional work. What's been going on in your life? Any life events? Family things?

 

TMS is not once and done. But once you are successful the first time, it helps with the next symptom flare. We are humans and surrounded by other humans, so emotions could not be forever perfect aka no TMS!

 

Personally, I think it’s not what you think about golfing, or some subconcious fear about movement in golfing… it is perhaps what you think about yourself while golfing. Pressure you put on yourself, desire for a perfect game, desire to look good out there, to win or have better scores.
But most likely that’s just icing on the cake.
Your stress level has crept back up. You may not be maintaining the things you need to do to manage your nervous system, anxiety, thoughts etc.
It happens.
It’s only been 5 days.
Do the work and recognize that you need to keep doing the emotional and nervous system work and manage your thoughts. Claire Weekes is a great refresher for anxiety. Meditation practices are an excellent way to deal with the nervous system (which can be active like tai chi, qigong, walking in nature or sitting/laying and clearing the mind).