Ask HN: How can I deal with chronic ligament and tendon injuries?

Re:Ask HN: How can I deal with chronic ligament and tendon i... by jwr on Sunday July 17, 2016 @05:31PM (#12111945)

Do your injuries show up clearly on a CT/ultrasound/MRI? If the answer isn't a decisive Yes (decisive, because if you look hard enough you will always see something), you might be seeing psychosomatic symptoms: illnesses caused by your mind. The pattern you described sounds familiar. Especially muscle and tendon pain is suspect, but many back pain problems can be psychosomatic in nature, too.

At the very least read one of John Sarno's books, and see if your symptoms change. If they do, you are on the right track.

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Re:Ask HN: How can I deal with chronic ligament and tendon i... by jey on Sunday July 17, 2016 @06:16PM (#12112129)

This can be true even if there's something "obvious" on the MRI, since the importance really depends on the base rates of that abnormality in healthy individuals without symptoms[1]. For example, it's easy to find bulging discs when looking for the cause of back pain, but bulging discs are also very common in asymptomatic individuals[2].

1. https://arbital.com/p/bayes_rule/?l=1zq

2. http://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2014/11/27/ajnr.A4173.full...

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Re:Ask HN: How can I deal with chronic ligament and tendon i... by cJ0th on Sunday July 17, 2016 @05:49PM (#12112045)

yeah, Dr Sarno's book(s) are worth a look if you suffer from back pain. Helped me to start running again after years of trouble.

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