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…
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. (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…
Harnessing Your Fibromyalgia Anxiety With Mindfulness Meditation
Introduction Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition marked by widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and cognitive difficulties. Alongside these physical symptoms, many individuals also experience significant anxiety. This anxiety is not simply “worry” in the abstract…
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…
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?”
Introduction Fibromyalgia is most commonly associated with widespread pain, fatigue, and cognitive difficulties, but one of its less widely discussed features involves changes in sensory perception. Many people living with fibromyalgia describe an increased sensitivity…