Martin's TMS Success Story - Back and Foot Pain
Martin lived with back pain on and off for roughly three decades, including a severe stretch of eight or nine years, an unsuccessful surgery, and a relapse earlier this year. By building on his earlier TMS knowledge, working through fear and anxiety in stages, and resuming activities he had been avoiding, his symptoms faded and he reports being symptom-free for a couple of weeks with only an occasional foot twinge that no longer frightens him. His account illustrates how symptoms can feel overwhelming in the moment yet settle once they lose their significance, and that setbacks after improvement are common and not a return to square one.