Fibromyalgia Exercises: Best Workouts for Pain Relief & Energy

3 Pain-Relief Treatments with Bonus Benefits

When it comes to pain–management options, not surprisingly, safe and effective pain relief should be priority number one. What may be surprising, however, is that some treatments have advantages that go beyond pain relief. In fact, there are a number of affordable and convenient pain treatments that work to alleviate symptoms—and come with bonus benefits. The following pain-relief treatments are sustainable, have additional advantages and most importantly they’re often times effective for many types of…

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Exercising with a disability

As anyone with a disability knows, a disability can definitely complicate life at times—but it certainly doesn’t make life impossible. The same is true of exercising with a disability. Exercise can seriously boost moods, decrease pain, and increase flexibility and balance. In addition, using remaining abilities can help prevent the future loss of those abilities. Exercise is just as important for people with disabilities as for those without. To get an idea of the potential…

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Fighting Through Another Morning With Fibromyalgia

Everyone has had a tough morning, there’s no question about that. Sometimes, it’s difficult to get out of bed. Occasionally, we all toss and turn and don’t get a refreshing rest. We wake up exhausted, grumpy, and feeling generally awful. Now imagine waking up every morning feeling like you didn’t sleep even though you know you got your eight hours of sleep. You feel like absolute garbage, but if you’re like me, you work two…

by chronicillness•12/12/202308/22/2025•0

Chronic Pain | Trying the Feldenkrais Method for Chronic Pain

After two hourlong sessions focused first on body awareness and then on movement retraining at the Feldenkrais Institute of New York, I understood what it meant to experience an incredible lightness of being. Having, temporarily at least, released the muscle tension that aggravates my back and hip pain, I felt like I was walking on air. I had long refrained from writing about this method of countering pain because I thought it was some sort…

by chronicillness•11/19/202308/22/2025•0

Fibromyalgia Researches | Endocannabinoid Deficiency Leads to Fibromyalgia. National Pain Foundation Survey

In 2014, a survey of more than 1,300 fibromyalgia patients by the National Pain Foundation and National Pain Report found medical marijuana is more effective than Lyrica, Cymbalta, or Savella, the three drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat the disorder. (If you’re curious about the effectiveness of Lyrica, Cymbalta, and Savella, then you might be interested in my post, “Why your fibro meds aren’t working.”) There’s growing anecdotal evidence that marijuana relieves fibromyalgia pain,…

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Music Therapy can Reduce Fibromyalgia Pain

In fibromyalgia patients, music therapy can reduce pain, depression, anxiety, and improve sleep. The findings come from researchers at the University of Granada who found that music therapy combined with relaxation techniques can help improve many areas in the lives of fibromyalgia patients. With improved depression, anxiety, sleep, and reduced pain, a patient’s quality of life can greatly improve. Study participants were fibromyalgia patients from Spain who underwent a basal test prior to treatment, a post-basal test four weeks after the treatment,…

by chronicillness•10/10/202308/22/2025•0

Best Mattress for Fibromyalgia Patients

A low-quality sleep is a major issue cited by people with fibromyalgia. And, unfortunately, there are many factors that could be contributing to this, including your bed itself. Sleep is hugely important for everyone, but especially for those with fibro. Sleep is the time when your body relaxes and regenerates — that is if you’re actually able to sleep. Whatever causes your inability to get a good night’s sleep with fibromyalgia, choosing a good mattress may…

by chronicillness•10/09/202308/22/2025•0

Colon Hydrotherapy: An Effective Tool for Battling Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a difficult disease to live with. It affects your entire body and changes your way of life. Its symptoms include muscle pain, fatigue, and exhaustion. All of those things can make it very difficult to live your life the way you want to. It may prevent you from doing things that you love to do. That can make you feel discouraged or depressed about your chances of living a pain-free life. However, there…

by chronicillness•08/09/202308/23/2025•0

6 Tips for The Mom Having Fibromyalgia

It is quite obvious that for every parent, it is the most wonderful adventure to raise their child and at the same time the toughest job of all. If you add a chronic illness with this toughest job, it will increase the difficulty. But if you have fibromyalgia and bring a parent, it can also bring some blessings and joy. Being a mother of a 2-year-old son, I have come up with a few things…

by chronicillness•06/26/202308/23/2025•0

Effectively manage time while having fibromyalgia

How to manage time is difficult for everyone. But, when you are having fibromyalgia, it gets even harder to manage time effectively with certain limitations because of the condition. If you are not a fibromyalgia sufferer, it could be easy for you to maintain a “to-do list” or something like that. However, those people have to be careful and flexible with their scheduling if are fibromyalgia sufferers. Normal persons can use their time in any…

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