Why do I need to see so many doctors as part of my legal claim?
The Truth About Multiple Doctor Visits in Legal Claims: What You Need to Know Now Navigating the aftermath of an injury can be overwhelming, especially when it is tied to…
Posted inChronic Awareness Fibromyalgia
Can fibromyalgia be caused by trauma?
Fibromyalgia can affect people of all ages and backgrounds, but it is seven times more likely to be diagnosed in women than in men. The condition tends to develop between…
Can I sue a medical professional for clinical negligence?
If something goes wrong with your medical treatment, you have the legal right to sue for medical malpractice and negligence. Your actions can also help ensure that the same mistake…
How do you prove clinical negligence?
What is clinical negligence? Doctors can be life savers. However, unfortunately, sometimes things can go very wrong. If a doctor or health professional is negligent when giving you medical treatment,…
Does the weather affect chronic pain?
The weather has an impact on all of us – both mentally and physically – and many patients who suffer from chronic pain report that the change in weather makes…
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Who does CRPS affect?
Previously known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is caused by an injury to the sympathetic nerves, resulting in severe pain. The condition can be catastrophic,…
Posted inFibromyalgia
What treatment is there for fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia is a pain syndrome of chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain and fatigue. Although it is a chronic disease, fibromyalgia is not a progressive disease, meaning it will not usually worsen…
10 things I would tell the newly diagnosed with Chronic Illness
I wish I had been prepared for the impact of what was going to happen in my life from chronic illness being newly diagnosed. Realistically. I had a firm belief…
Posted inChronic Pain Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia Pain
Fibromyalgia: costochondritis
I have been having severe fibromyalgia-related chest pains. The way I can tell it is fibromyalgia is that a) they are enduring and b) my sternum is extremely tender to…
A new principle was discovered for how muscle pain is signaled
Chronic muscular pain may be linked to a previously unknown principle for how pain signals are transmitted in the human body. This is shown by Umeå University researchers Tuija Athanassiadis…