Is my Illness Related to Ascension?
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Is my Illness Related to Ascension?

It would depend on your definition of ascension. I suspect that just like almost all illnesses can be viewed from an anatomic, biochemical, and biophysics perspective, and often explained largely from each of those perspectives individually, it can also be explained from a Mind/body/spirit perspective. I have discussed the mind-body perspective of fibromyalgia elsewhere. But not so much the spiritual interplay with the physical. So please bear with me as I give a perspective to…

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Can Domestic Abuse bring on Fibromyalgia?
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Can Domestic Abuse bring on Fibromyalgia?

Three Fibro Warrior Women have shared their stories of domestic abuse. That is how fibromyalgia is becoming worse with domestic abuse. 1st Fibro Warrior Women Yes, yes yes!!!!!! My ex-husband started abusing me emotionally and mentally after I moved in with him. Before that, he was so sweet kind, and very loving. The symptoms we not from just my feet burning, I had that for CPL years before I met him. How did the intensity…

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Why Every Single Day is Different in Fibromyalgia?
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Why Every Single Day is Different in Fibromyalgia?

Seriously, no two days are the same. I think that is the reality that most people can’t wrap their minds around. I have absolutely no idea what my pain will be like a month from now. The only thing I know for certain is that I will have pain. Every day. For the rest of my life. I’d say it’s like being trapped on a roller coaster and you can only see two feet in…

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Please avoid these things if you have fibromyalgia?
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Please avoid these things if you have fibromyalgia?

I’m not telling you what not to do, but a way to get to the point where you can do things. Avoiding things with fibromyalgia is a slippery slope. It reinforces how disabled you are. You need to be active, but very slowly increasing what you’re doing Go to a physiotherapist and tell them you want to start SLOWLY you are able to move your knee fives. Do it. Tomorrow do six times, and soon.…

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Why does Fibromyalgia have such a Bad Reputation?
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Why does Fibromyalgia have such a Bad Reputation?

Fibromyalgia has a bad reputation because many members of the medical community doubted that it was a real disorder until the last several years. Even with the change in perception of the disorder, there are still a number of medical personnel who do not believe in it. Fibro is one of those things that cannot be proven by standard medical testing. As a result of this, many who are relatively naive about it still think…

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Have you done or used anything that increases your energy while suffering from fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue?
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Have you done or used anything that increases your energy while suffering from fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue?

I had fibromyalgia symptoms for 15 years before I was diagnosed. At that time, I took a course of physical therapy where I did the Wharton stretch method, where you put a strap around your ankle, stretch your leg, and then gently use the strap to extend the stretch for a second. This, combined with a slow, progressive walking program where I extended the length of my walk over time improved my energy and pain…

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Why do Women incur Fibromyalgia with greater frequency than Men?
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Why do Women incur Fibromyalgia with greater frequency than Men?

Fibromyalgia Vs Women The reasons that more women develop Fibromyalgia include, but are not limited to, the following physiologies and pathologies: The women’s pelvic girdle is more delicate than that of the men, wherein bigger bones and more massive ligaments provide a stronger platform for the upright post of the spine and a stronger tower for lifting, pushing, and pulling. Women are at greater risk for injury of the soft tissues, ligaments, tendons, muscles, and…

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What do the stories of Survivors tell us about Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
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What do the stories of Survivors tell us about Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

A wonderful database of patients who have accomplished a remission from Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome has been created by Chronic-illness Community has video-interviewed several survivors and he has made these available for review. The stories he presents and the stories I have heard from patients contain similar reports of survivorship, and it is exactly the healing journeys of these survivors that point to the causes and the diagnosis of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.…

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What do you want others to understand about your fibromyalgia life condition, that others don’t seem to realize?
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What do you want others to understand about your fibromyalgia life condition, that others don’t seem to realize?

My fibromyalgia is considered to be at the severe end of the scale. When one has a disease/illness/condition where we frequently get the “but you don’t look sick” cry from the healthy unknowing masses, it is a foreign concept for outsiders (for lack of a better term) to understand the concept of widespread chronic pain. The first thing we need you to know is that we aren’t suffering from something that will eventually just go…

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Do you know the most misunderstood aspects of living with fibromyalgia?
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Do you know the most misunderstood aspects of living with fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia itself is still very much a mystery. Although doctors now have more information, and many doctors now accept it as a “real” issue, we still have a LOT to learn about fibro and chronic pain conditions in general. I personally agree with doctors who believe that fibro is not a condition in and of itself, but the result of other traumas or illnesses. I was diagnosed with fibro in 2002 when I was in…

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