Just to refresh, in many cases RSI symptoms are part of a phenomenon called TMS. This discovery has led many people into amazing realisations and recovery from deep chronic conditions. Read on: 1) Acceptance: First you need to accept that there is a mind-body root to your condition, and that as a result the pain is not symptomatic of structural damage.  This on its own is the biggest hurdle to overcome as i ...

This story was written in January 2004, and was sent to a rapid recovery news-group. It has been updated in June 2006. My name is Ailsa and I am currently 42. Since my pregnancy in 1995-6 I developed pain in my body that eventually reached a point where almost all the activities in life I loved were no longer available, and trying to get well became an obsession. The critical symptoms were an upper leg that ...

Hi everyone, I've been feeling great for a long time but I told myself that I would wait until Christmas to post (just to make sure it was long lasting relief). Here is my story and I made it detailed for the benefit of others with RSI type pain: I started a new job in August '06 and it was a big change for me. It was my fist office job and it was very stressful. I put a lot of pressure on myself to do well ...

I originally thought I would wait until my symptoms were completely gone to write about the progress I've made lately, but then thought that's being a little too perfectionist - also I can honestly say I don't fear TMS any more - I'm not concerned that I'm crowing about success now and somehow TMS will rise out of the ashes or anything. If it did I could deal with it. Here's a timeline to put things in pers ...

I had RSI for about a year and a half. By random luck, a stranger (actually, two of them) referred me to The Mindbody Prescription by John Sarno. This was September 1999. I had chronic arm pain, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I treated my arms like they were made of fragile glass, I didn't type at all (I used voice recognition software to do most of my work). I saw myself in the book, but I was afraid -- af ...

My first encounter with RSI was in July 2002. I was working about 9 hours a day on the computer and practicing piano 3-4 hours per night for about six months. One day at work I developed a strong, diffuse ache in my right hand and was unable to type without severe pain. I stopped work for 2 weeks. The injury healed fairly quickly, I remember quite a severe burning sensation in the hand whilst recovering. An ...

INFORMATION TO REPRODUCE KINDLY PERMITTED BY  RSI BACKPAIN UK TMS is based on the theory that a whole host of chronic pain conditions can have a mind-body rather than physical root, and that they  need to be understood in terms of the whole mind-body system.  Mind body techniques therefore offer the potential for significant pain reduction and even cure.   Recent research has shown that stress (either consc ...

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxfsdPHcnE4] In this second video, Justin talks extensively about how understanding the psychological aspect of both causation and treatment of RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) is so crucial to recovery and beating RSI ...