Understanding Fibromyalgia and the Nature of Its Pain Fibromyalgia is a long-term condition that affects how the nervous system processes pain signals. Instead of pain being a simple response to injury or inflammation, fibromyalgia causes…
Dysautonomia Syndrome in People with Fibromyalgia
Many people with fibromyalgia can experience at least one form of dysautonomia syndrome and it can be a very serious problem that may not be properly addressed. Because fibromyalgia is so intimately connected to the…
Allodynia and Fibromyalgia – Types, Treatments and My Experience
If you want to understand allodynia and fibromyalgia, try to imagine a world where the gentle touch of a loved one’s hand causes excruciating pain. In this world, putting on a t-shirt, dropping an ice…
Costochondritis Pain from Fibromyalgia
Costochondritis pain is just one of the symptoms of Fibromyalgia. You have likely experienced it at one time or another. This pain involves burning, stabbing, and radiating pain around the ribs and sometimes pushing up…
Life with Fibromyalgia Chest Pain
Living with a Pain That Feels Unfamiliar Every Time Chest pain has a way of instantly capturing attention. It interrupts thought, changes breathing patterns, and often triggers concern before anything else can be processed. When…
Histamine Intolerance and Fibromyalgia
If you suffer from fibromyalgia, you want to know whether histamine intolerance may be contributing to your symptoms or the severity of them. One exacerbating factor in Fibromyalgia? We know that there are multiple reasons…
Hand Pain and Fibromyalgia
Do you have hand pain and fibromyalgia? Pain in the extremities is common in fibromyalgia and sometimes overlooked due to the other common pain areas of the fibro body. It might be hard to distinguish…
The ABC’s of treating inflammation in fibromyalgia and CFS/ME
You might read in a book or article that fibromyalgia is not an inflammatory condition. The problem is that it’s not the whole truth. In fact, some of the primary symptoms in fibromyalgia tend to…
Organic CBD oil and Fibromyalgia/ What’s the Truth?
You are probably a lot like me. You have tried many things for your fibromyalgia, right? Well, one thing I say over and again is that there is not one silver bullet. We have to…
Fibromyalgia Shoulder Pain
Being the most mobile joint in the body, the shoulder can sure do a lot of things for us, like lifting, reaching, and supporting our good posture. The problem is that with all of that…