Psychophysiologic Disorders (PPD or TMS) occur when the mind, under severe internal emotional stress, causes real symptoms in the body to the point that the symptoms begin to interfere with one’s ability to lead a normal life.

The main neural pathway between your mind (i.e. thoughts and emotions) and the experience of pain is the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) which is the fear response system in your brain and body. The road to healing is built on turning off the chronic ...

I am often asked what “my story” is. Everyone who has suffered from Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) or a Psychophysiologic Disorder (PPD) has a long, tortuous story to tell – that is, if they are lucky enough to have found a TMS-trained physician or therapist who has helped them step off the Merry-Go-Round Epidemic of Chronic Pain in the 21st Century.

So, I’m posting “My Story” today. My goal in posting such an honest account of my experience is to ...

Looking back, it is difficult to believe I have come so far in my healing from chronic pain and truly awe-inspiring to be able to view the journey in hindsight with 20/20 vision. I feel like I crossed a great sea or wide abyss with only my mind and body to protect me – and with neither working so well at the time. In reality, I was not alone at all. Even before I knew what was causing ...