Inflexibility caused by Tms . Why does it happen and how do I deal with it

My hamstrings have become so tight that I cannot bend down without bending my legs at the knees. I've worked with countless physios but still it did not improve . Recently I've discovered that TMS also causes inflexibility. So I want to know how do I work on it so that I can restore my flexibility?

And to add to that . I also have been dealing with back pain and alternating tingling sensations down my leg inspite of no medical diagnosis which makes it sure I only have TMS and nothing else

 

In my case, I know that most of my inflexibility comes from TMS. The few times I’ve been almost or even completely free of symptoms, my flexibility improved by about 80-90% as well. So if everything else has been ruled out, I think it’s important to start thinking psychologically rather than physically - asking yourself, “Why does my brain think it needs to lock up my body like this?”.
You need to work on it like you would work on any other symptom.

TMS makes me stiff like I have arthritis all over my body.

 

I am pretty certain it is related. I had barely been able to move my left shoulder. My right shoulder is fine. I have been dealing with TMS for years without knowing what it was. Now that I know and have been working on it, I am gaining some more free rotation in my shoulder. Though there is still pain, I can feel the mobility starting to return. I have been trying to move and stretch my shoulder even though there is pain. I figure I am sending signals to my brain that yes, you can move this shoulder without chronic tightness. It seems to be working.

 

But how do I do that ? Do I stretch them more , load what exactly am I supposed to do beacuse I couldn't find the information anywhere

 

Stretching them more reflects a physical way of thinking. You need to remind yourself that there’s nothing physically wrong with you. By telling your brain that something needs to be fixed, you’re feeding it misinformation.

Instead, focus on working through the emotional aspects and addressing any conditioned responses. Have you tried looking into the SEP program? It’s free on this website, and I’ve heard it’s really good to start out with.

 

https://www.tmswiki.org/ppd/Structured_Educational_Program

 

Yoga helped a lot for my inflexibility, but it’s important to not approach it as the sole solution. Yoga is also great for the mindfulness aspect, I think doing it in a studio with other people is more ideal than alone in your home but there are plenty of great videos on YouTube. Yes the underlying issue is rooted in the emotions and stress and tension but we have to recognize if we’ve started fearing movement and not been exercising our body is going to get stuck in a loop of tensing up and fearing movement. Exercise is a constant reminder that we aren’t broken and also tells the scared brain that we aren’t letting it dictate our lives.

I’m not where I want to be regarding flexibility by I’m so much better. Yes mine is almost entirely rooted in TMS, but I also spent a decade avoiding certain movements because I feared specific pains or sounds so I avoided movements that could’ve helped build strength and my confidence.

just as an anecdote, you can also get hyper flexibility which also is in my opinion TMS, I had a knee injury back in April which I thought was ligament, my right knee started giving out, then my left knee felt like it was gonna cave in (lol- is there a more clear sign of TMS than shifting sides ) I went to orthopedist who looked at both of them and did the tests to rule out acl tear (lachman and cranial drawer) and both weere very positive, mri showed no ligament injury, and I was back to playing volleyball in 2 weeks. The minds a powerful thing!

 

Yup I avoided certain movements / activities because I thought I had some disc issue . I got my mri , scans , ncs , spect etc after 4 years of dealing with back pain / tingling which were all negative which gave me more confidence that it was just TMS . And I've just started reading books , articles etc from the last 3 months . So do you think it takes time for seeing changes as I'm pretty new to TMS ?

 

Thank you much for the link . I will check it out for sure

 

I’m 8months being TMS aware, yes it takes time. Especially considering I’ve been living dysfunctionally my entire life. I’ve made massive progress- back to working, can exercise decently, can play sports at an okay level. But most importantly I’m starting to address the emotional and thought patterns that have fueled my symptoms. Less prone to fear and panic.

how much are you implementing the knowledge?