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!
In twenty-four years working clinically with fibromyalgia patients I have yet to meet one that does not have some lumps, bumps, and/or water-filled swellings also known as lesions just below the skin. What are 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…
3 Months to Recovery for Fibromyalgia Patients
Another fibromyalgia patient just recently has reached that level of recovery that most of you only dream of. I’m talking about no pain and being able to plan to begin living and enjoying life. This…
Some Fibromyalgia Patients are Going to P.O.T.(S.)
It has recently come to my attention that there is another condition that is commonly found in a number of fibromyalgia patients. The condition is called “postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome,” P.O.T.S., also known as postural…
Harnessing your fibromyalgia anxiety with mindfulness meditation
“Breathe and let be”, Jon Kabat-Zinn Within the last two decades, the concept of mindfulness meditation has been adopted by schools, hospitals, businesses, police, and even the military. Those who teach/mentor MM to people in the…
Manual therapists to “help” Fibromyalgia
“Names are not always what they seem”, Mark Twain How to go about convincing experts and the general population that fibromyalgia is not a disease, but a Medically Unexplained Syndrome (MUS)? It is in fact,…
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…
Trigger warnings for the fibromyalgia mind
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear” , Mark Twain Neuroscientists can now tell us amazing things about the brain, they are the experts on the nervous system. The argument that…
Fibromyalgia: “what’s that smell”?
“For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it is a pity that we use it so little”, Rachel Carson Many of us with fibromyalgia are…