What Testing for TMS is Available? (How Do I Know if I Have It?)
How can you test to see if you have tension myosistis syndrome, TMS? There are five diagnostic criteria; if you meet most of them, you probably have TMS. Generally, if the pain lasts more than six months, it’s TMS, but it’s always best to check with your doctor to ensure nothing more is happening.
How do you Diagnose TMS?
Normal pain occurs when you get injured, and TMS occurs when there is no injury or when you have an injury that has healed, but the pain continues.
5 Questions To Ask Yourself To Determine if Your Pain is TMS
Did the pain come on during a stressful time?
Is the pain consistent, or does it fluctuate?
Do you have symptoms in different parts of your body?
Does the pain demand a lot of your focus? Are you thinking about it all the time?
Have you been to many doctors and practitioners and still have little or no relief?
Has the pain been around for six months or more?
If you answered yes to several of these questions, you may have TMS.
Dr. John Sarno (The Chronic Pain Pioneer)
Dr. Sarno started noticing that most of the people he was treating for chronic pain had similar personality traits and learned behavioral patterns, such as:
Perfectionism
People pleasing
Anxiety
Hypervigilance
Hyper-critical (mostly to self)https://www.brainretrainforpain.com/blog/what-are-the-symptoms-of-tension-myositis-syndrome
Type A personalities
Low self-esteem
Worrisome or apt to ruminate
Emotional suppression
If you have a few of these personality traits and have chronic pain, there is a good chance that your pain is TMS.
To find out more about TMS, please read my posts, What Are The Symptoms Of TMS?, and 10 Steps To Retrain Your Brain Out Of Pain.
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