Day 1 Foot Pain - Post Surgery

I'm whole heartedly for this approach, I know that it works because it has worked before with my back, although I've never had it scanned in anyway, I did have severe pain to the point that sitting down was impossible, but reading the reviews of Dr Sarno's book alone was enough to reduce the pain and allow me to stand up and sit on the couch.

I had it again with shoulder pain where an MRI showed a bursa, I had a steroid injection and 6 months of physio which didn't help in any way, but reading Dr Sarno's book on a long flight and doing an exercise which involved writing down everything that is stressing me solved the pain, I now bench press and shoulder press with no issues at all during or after.

Now the issue is my left foot, I broke three bones and tore the lisfranc ligament, I had a surgery where screws and plates were inserted for 10 weeks then removed, this time it seems scarier because I had surgery, it isn't "natural" like arthritis as or bulging in the disks because of old age, but because of a surgical intervention.

I can run without pain, do weighted squats and lunges without pain, however the next day I will have pain, this was my experience with shoulder pain as well, bench pressing and shoulder pressing wasn't painful, but the next day I would have pain, is there a connection there? I think there might be.

I did a 5km run yesterday, after the run I had discomfort in my foot, in the morning is was a lot worse to the point that I decided to skip my morning leg day gym session, and throughout the day it hurts, mostly upon applying weight on the outer edge of my foot towards the front balls off my feet.

In the 20/20 video Dr Sarno says there is no evidence that structural abnormalities are the cause of the pain, in a lecture of his he said that the body heals itself fully, the idea of a returning injury is nonsense and again that there isn't any evidence of it.

That's where I am now, hoping to move forward without foot pain, to be able to run and jump, take part in sports and spend time with my family, friends, gf and to work without being distracted by the pain.

After reading the Week 0 content I did have periods of absolutely no pain which noticeably boosted my mood, that's ultimately what encouraged me to go for a run.

 

There is your 'Proof'. If there was anything 'wrong' it would hurt all of the time. This is being a detective in your own life...if you can do all of those things painfree and then it hurts later (past normal soreness) THAT is the proof positive it is TMS. The best test of that is pushing yourself to use the 'allegedly damaged are we are obsessing about'....if it hurts less with activity? 1000% TMS.

 

Thank you for having a read of my post! It feels good to know someone is taking the time.

I agree with you, to hammer it home two days after my first run I went for another and was again shocked by how there was zero pain. The funny thing is, before my run, walking did cause pain in the outer edge of my foot near the front balls, and sometimes where the listfranc ligament is.

I'm going to continue running twice a week and I'll experiment with running in my barefoot shoes from time to time as well.