An illness like fibromyalgia permeates every aspect of your life – it forever alters the trajectory of your story. For this year’s Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, I wanted to reflect on how my diagnosis changed my…
Fibromyalgia Symptoms
A detailed guide to understanding Fibromyalgia symptoms, early warning signs, and how they are diagnosed.
Fibromyalgia Worsens Function in RA Patients
Understanding the Overlap Between Fibromyalgia and Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and fibromyalgia are two distinct chronic conditions, but when they occur together, they can create a significantly more complex and disabling clinical picture. RA…
Breast Implant and Fibromyalgia
A number of years ago I had a female patient that doubled as a famous female singer. Her resemblance to the singer was remarkable. After performances, this patient double would be ushered through the crowd…
Fibromyalgia for the Rich, Poor, and Everyone
Fibromyalgia does not discriminate based on income, education, profession, or social status. It is a condition that can affect anyone, regardless of lifestyle or background. However, while the biology of fibromyalgia may be universal, the…
Fibromyalgia is a condition that is Not Worldly Known or Understood
Obviously, I cannot answer for all of the people of the countries in the world, however, those people that I interviewed for the most part either never heard of fibromyalgia or had very little knowledge…
What to Do About Those Lumps, Bumps and Swellings!
Understanding Why Lumps, Bumps, and Swellings Appear Noticing a lump, bump, or swelling on the body can be unsettling. The immediate thought for many people is concern, but the reality is that most of these…
About Fibromyalgia Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know
Fibromyalgia, meaning muscle and connective tissue pain (also referred to as FM or FMS), is a disorder classified by the presence of chronic widespread pain and a heightened and painful response to gentle touch (tactile…
Some Fibromyalgia Patients Are Going to P.O.T.S. (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome)
Understanding the Overlap Between Fibromyalgia and POTS In recent years, there has been growing attention to the overlap between fibromyalgia and a condition known as Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, commonly abbreviated as POTS. While they…
Manual Therapists to “Help” Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is often described as a condition that lives in the space between pain and fatigue, between physical symptoms and nervous system sensitivity, and between what is felt internally and what can be measured externally.…
Fibromyalgia: Living on high alert
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are”, Anaïs Nin One of the common sayings in Mindfulness Meditation is that thoughts are not facts. In chronic pain clinics, we are…