The Tension Myositis Syndrome Wiki
Do you have pain or other symptoms that might not be entirely caused by physical problems in your body? Do you often feel worse when you are stressed or anxious? Are you willing to consider solutions that involve thinking “outside the box?” If so, we've been there, and we can help.
The PPD/TMS Peer Network
The PPD/TMS Peer Network (PTPN) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2009 that sponsors this site. We seek to relieve suffering from Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) by raising awareness and providing free services to people with TMS. Read More...
Getting Started
Browse through our pages specifically geared towards those new to the TMS approach. Read more...
We have a number of resources specifically for medical and mental health practitioners. Read more...
Announcements
On Saturday 24th September 2022 SIRPA hosted its third conference at the home of the Royal Society of Medicine in London. Learn more about upcoming conferences at www.sirpaconference.com.
Today's Featured Success Story
Meet Bruce
Overcame back pain using the TMS approach
Sometime in 2007, I took a fall out running on the game preserve near my house. About three days later, while out hiking, I started to notice a little stinging in my sciatic nerve, which spread day by day until it enveloped my whole left side. I was in such intense pain I couldn't stand up, sit down or put on my socks. Well, about a year into conventional PT I discovered Healing Back Pain by Dr. John E. Sarno. In the three years since then, I have gradually come back from complete immobility to a full range of physical activities again. Read the full success story
Resources
Programs
Via our free Ask a TMS Therapist program, licensed TMS therapists from the Pain Psychology Center in Los Angeles have answered many questions about TMS healing on our discussion forum. Read through previously answered questions here. New questions are not being answered at this time so the following form is inactive. (the Ask a TMS Therapist form)
The TMS Wiki proudly hosts a free Pain Recovery Program, developed by TMS practitioner Alan Gordon, LCSW. Using clips of recordings of sessions with TMSers, this multimedia recovery program both tells you and shows you what to do to overcome your TMS. Go to the recovery program
Structured Educational Program
A common stumbling block for many people is figuring out how to put the TMS knowledge to work. The Structured Educational Program gives people daily activities to do that will help them recover. It was developed entirely by people who have recovered from TMS and is based on the techniques other peers used to heal. Read More...
Most Saturdays at 3 PM ET, we host an online peer-moderated chatroom where people can discuss TMS topics and provide and receive support from each other. Go to the chatroom
(NOTE: CURRENTLY NOT ACTIVE) From January of 2013 through December of 2014, the PPD/TMS Peer Network hosted a weekly TMS call-in discussion group focusing on a section of a TMS book or hosting a TMS author or practitioner. Callers discussed that session's material and other TMS-related issues, deepening their understanding of TMS through conversation with others. Click on Read More for links to recordings of past sessions.] Read More...
In honor of Dr. Sarno's retirement, the PTPN developed the Thank You, Dr. Sarno project in which we collect personal thank you notes from individuals who have recovered from chronic pain using the TMS approach. The majority of these personal messages can be viewed online at www.thankyoudrsarno.org and is a great resource to help others gain confidence in this approach. Visit the Thank You, Dr. Sarno website, or learn how to contribute to the project.
Dr. Sarno hosted lectures for his new clients as a way to help educate them about TMS. With a similar mindset, from 2012 through 2014 we hosted eight special webinars with TMS practitioners and authors to help people with TMS learn more about the condition and identify the emotional sources behind their symptoms, hear how others successfully overcame their symptoms, and learn skills to help become pain-free. Click on Read More for links to each one. Read More...
About Us
We’ve been there. We can help.
The PPD/TMS Peer Network (PTPN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2009. We seek to relieve suffering from Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) by raising awareness, providing information based on scientific evidence, facilitating expression of a wide variety of perspectives, and giving individual support to people with TMS. Like many others, we suffered from terrible pain and other symptoms for many years before learning about this approach. All of the members of our organization suffered from TMS at some point in their lives, and the majority of these members consider themselves to have recovered from chronic pain and experience little to no pain.
This Wiki was the PTPN's first project. The TMS Wiki currently hosts 594 different articles on TMS.
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