Hi Dean & Everyone else
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I'll try to make an appearance a bit more frequently from now on , But with a New Job , New Home & lots of changes , The last 6 months have been slightly hectic for me , Hence my No Show.
Dean you are on to me I think
, I only do excercises AFTER the onset of Back Pain , Hence I'm being Re-Active & not Pro-Active in that area.
Pain Memory , Yes well that is something that is a possibility now that you mention it , That has happened before with an Illness I had many years ago , So I'm a Firm believer in that the Mind can trigger pain signals without there " Really " being anything wrong Physically.
As for " When do I feel the Pain " interesting question ?
The Pain can come and go at will .
It's normally not bad at work very surprisingly , Even though I work sitting on a elevated chair doing very light duty Technical work on a Bench , Soldering Etc & maybe 20% of the time I'm on the side of the same bench using a PC .
So one would think that at work back pain would flare up due to being seated and working a PC & Bench work ?
Driving a car , Well if I'm in the seat for more than 15 / 20 mins It will often flare up , so I avoid Driving as much as possible , Fortunately the trip to & from work is only 15 mins.
Doing things that you would expect to cause back pain such as Mowing the Lawns , Working on Cars , Handyman work around the home , even some heavy lifting normally don't cause pain.
But as I'm typing this I'm seeing a Pattern that maybe occurring ?
The "Nasty" back pain seems to come on late Friday afternoon / Evenings as I'm prepairing to have a Weekend off & it's usually easing away by Sunday evenings.
Also today being Wednesday is a Day off work for me every week , Guess what ? , I have mild lower back pain today & thinking about it the last few months of Wednesdays they have been the same UNLESS I have had important work to do such as repairing Friends cars or Off helping Friends do some form of work.
Also If I think some Activity will cause me to have Back Pain , Surprise 75% of the time it WILL.
The further I go into this posting the more I " Think " Pain Memory is a valid point in my situation ?
I wonder if others can see these sort of Patterns showing up also ?
I think I'll head off and read Randolph's postings on TMS now.
Updated I read Randolf's posts with much interest , So off I went to find a TMS questionnaire.
Surprisingly most of the questions relate almost EXACTLY to Comments I make in relation to Patterns , So I did the short Test on-line.
I scored 11 and the Website suggests :-
We think you should read about Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) and find out more about it. You may benefit from the self-treatment approaches.
This has now become All very interesting , & there surely is some Pain Memory occuring in my case.
That's not to say I'm going off to believe everything Dr Sarno has to say , More so I'm tempted to consider seeking a Health Care Professional such as a Psycologists opinion here.
Glad I popped back into the Forum now after my 6 month absence
Dean This is a Long post & very off Topic also , Is it worth spliting it out & starting a Pain Memory thread ?
Cheers ,
Mark A
