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Tension Myositis - November 5, 2004 8:19:00 AM
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MPT
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Does anyone have any experience with this "diagnosis". Just wondering what the general consensus was about it. I have read about it and have had several pts ask me about it.
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Re: Tension Myositis - November 5, 2004 1:41:00 PM
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Jon Newman
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Hi MPT,
Here are the only two hits I got using the search term, “tension myositis”. I note the author (a familiar name) is the same for both. I also noted the dates. Has the term resurfaced or gained new popularity? I’ve not heard of it before this thread.
Authors Sarno JE.
Title Etiology of neck and back pain. An automatic myoneuralgia?.
Source Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease. 169(1):55-9, 1981 Jan.
Abstract
This report presents the theoretical basis and some evidence to support the concept that most back, neck, and shoulder pain is due to a psychophysiological process in muscle and nerve tissue known as tension myositis. Descriptive data on age, past history of associated psychosomatic disorders, mode of onset of pain, patterns of pain location and tenderness, the latter considered the hallmark of tension myositis, and certain neurological correlates, suggest that it is the major cause of back pain rather than structural aberrations of the spine. It is suggested that success or failure in the conventional treatment of back pain is evidence for a psychosomatic process, via the placebo mechanism.
Authors Sarno JE.
Title Psychosomatic backache.
Source Journal of Family Practice. 5(3):353-7, 1977 Sep.
Abstract
It is contended in this report that the majority of pain syndromes involving the neck, shoulders, and low back are the result of a benign, reversible process in the musculature which is psychosomatic in nature and which has been called tension myositis. The natural history of the disorder, findings on physical examination, and diagnostic studies are briefly described. The theoretical basis for the conclusion that it is psychosomatic is discussed, the therapeutic program is described, and long-term results with a group of treated patients are presented. The results suggest that a program of physician counseling and physical therapy is generally successful. The author believes that the psychosomatic nature of the disorder places it within the purview of the behaviorally oriented specialty of family practice.
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