Q: In addition to medication, how can I manage my fibromyalgia? A: Medications may be necessary to manage your fibromyalgia, but there also are a number of day-to-day strategies for coping with the disease. Your…
Fibromyalgia Protocol
Discover a structured Fibromyalgia protocol to manage symptoms effectively, including treatment plans, therapies, and lifestyle strategies for improved quality of life.
The Impact of Fibromyalgia: New Survey Findings
Results from Women Expressing Fibromyalgia’s Effects on their Everyday Lives (WE FEEL), illuminate the private, prolonged, and often agonizing, physical and emotional struggles that women with fibromyalgia face. The survey also reveals constructive, concrete ways…
Fibromyalgia: 3 Strategies for Workplace Success
Juggling a career—and social life, family, and the demands of fibromyalgia–can be challenging. Find the help you need from Jenni Prokopy—a woman living with the chronic, widespread pain and fatigue of fibromyalgia. Watch the video…
Fibromyalgia: 5 Tips for Traveling Like a Pro
For 5 simple ideas for traveling well in spite of pain, a woman living with the pain and exhaustion of fibromyalgia. Despite her condition, Jenni needs to travel many times throughout the year and, in…
Fibromyalgia Takes Different Tolls on Different People
Fibromyalgia patients, who suffer pain in the muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons, are not all the same and can be classified into three distinct subgroups, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Michigan…
Fibromyalgia: New Insights Into a Misunderstood Ailment
Fibromyalgia was once dismissed by many traditional medical practitioners as a phantom illness. But that view is changing rapidly. Not only is fibromyalgia accepted as a diagnosable illness, it is also a syndrome that researchers…
Needling Away at Fibromyalgia Lower Back Pain
Understanding How Needling Techniques May Help Relieve Fibromyalgia Lower Back Pain Lower back pain is one of the most common and frustrating symptoms experienced by people living with fibromyalgia. While fibromyalgia is known for causing…
Fibromyalgia Symptoms More Severe in Obese Patients
Understanding the Connection Between Obesity and Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, cognitive difficulties, and heightened sensitivity to physical stimuli. It affects millions of people worldwide and can…
New Awareness For Fibromyalgia
It’s an unfortunate fact that Fibromyalgia doesn’t always get as much media attention as it deserves – leaving many of us feeling isolated in our pain. The good news is, things might be starting to…
Research shows a Car Accident Influence Chronic Pain
At the 2014 American Pain Society Meeting, a hot topic of conversation focused around the emotional and physical repercussions following a car accident. Because persistent pain and disability often occur after whiplash or other musculoskeletal…