Spinal Stenosis

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Please keep in mind that before treating any condition, including Spinal Stenosis, as TMS or PPD, it is vitally important to consult with your physician in order to rule out any serious medical conditions. To learn more about TMS and PPD, and to help you figure out if you have it, visit our An Introduction to TMS page and watch the video there. Some more guidance in figuring out if this approach is right for you can be found in the video at the top of our So You Think You Might Have TMS page.

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Spinal Stenosis and TMS Success Stories

Baseball65's story: Baseball65 describes how, despite being born with an L5-S1 fusion, one leg that is over an inch longer than the other, spinal stenosis and a herniated disc, he led an active and pain-free life, until experiencing muscle spasms one day at work. The pain progressed rapidly and led to a failed surgery and a nearly complete physical and psychological meltdown, until he read Dr. Sarno's book, saw himself in the pages and began taking his life back again. Allan and hiffer mention recovery from stenosis in this thread.

Spinal Stenosis referenced in TMS Books

On page 69 in The Mindbody Prescription, John Sarno writes As we age, the lumbar spinal canal, the space that allows for the passage of the spinal cord or spinal nerves, gradually becomes narrower because of the accumulation of bone spurs...when these patients are treated for TMS they become pain-free despite the continuing presence of stenosis. On pages 105-106 in Healing Back Pain, John Sarno writes My reaction to this abnormality is based on experience with patients. Most of those I have seen, regardless of age, were found to have TMS, which allowed me to disregard the X-ray diagnosis. It is my practice, particularly with older patients, to suggest neurological consultation so that the possibility of significant impingement on neural structures can be carefully studied. If the neural picture is satisfactory and the patient has the classic findings of TMS I proceed with confidence regardless of what the X ray shows.

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Please keep in mind that before treating any condition, including Spinal Stenosis, as TMS, it is vitally important to consult with your physician in order to rule out any serious medical conditions.

To learn more about TMS and to help you figure out if you have it, visit our An Introduction to TMS page and watch the video there. Some more guidance in figuring out if this approach is right for you can be found in the video at the top of our So You Think You Might Have TMS page.

Spinal Stenosis and TMS Success Stories

Baseball65's story: Baseball65 describes how, despite being born with an L5-S1 fusion, one leg that is over an inch longer than the other, spinal stenosis and a herniated disc, he led an active and pain-free life, until experiencing muscle spasms one day at work. The pain progressed rapidly and led to a failed surgery and a nearly complete physical and psychological meltdown, until he read Dr. Sarno's book, saw himself in the pages and began taking his life back again.

Allan and hiffer mention recovery from stenosis in this thread.

Other Spinal Stenosis and TMS pages:

• Back Pain
• Cervical Herniated Disc
• Scoliosis
• Master list of Success Stories by Symptoms & Diagnoses

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DISCLAIMER: The TMS Wiki is for informational and support purposes only and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment recommendations. See Full Disclaimer.