An in-depth guide on Fibromyalgia, covering its symptoms, causes, treatments, and tips for managing this chronic condition effectively.
By: Dr Alexa James Chronic body pain causes fibromyalgia. Continuous tissue and muscle sensitivity can cause problems with sleep. The painful regions can include the neck, the back, the elbows and the knees, which are sometimes quite severe. Their bones are also called “tender points.” Fitness can help to soothe your fibroid pain and help you cope. It seems counterintuitive to strap on your running shoes and go for a jog when you’re struggling with…
By: Dr Alexa James Is there a fiber fog? It feels that you’re dazzled by the simplest things, you can’t remember. You have a loss of memory and can’t speak the words you want to say. You find it difficult to concentrate, you can forget little information and even plan. You may feel confused, just as you can’t understand what is being said to you. The concentration and even a lack of vigilance and energies…
By: Dr Alexa James With fibromyalgia, your routines, abilities and skills can be very restrictive. Fibro pain affects every aspect of your life, just like it takes a lot of energy and time to perform a simple task. People can’t think how they feel, yet they still work, so they don’t think it should be too bad. Hey, hey. It is pretty horrible and very confusing, because you do not have much control over how…
By: Dr Alexa James Living with Fibromyalgia is challenging. We do need to find out how Fibro works and how best to treat the symptoms, and we really need scientists to get it and to make this weakening condition, based on several factors, attention, and time. Doctors have only treated the symptoms that are enough to control the condition, but it does not work long term. In the past, the medical community tend to consider…
By: Dr Alexa James The lack of inflammatory findings When patients complain about diffuse muscle and soft tissue pain in the tender areas, fibromyalgia (FM) diagnosis is considered. Pure or primary FM is non-inflammatory because it has poor response to anti-inflammatory conditions and has a lack of inflammatory findings about blood work, and examination. It is not associated with other inflammatory diseases. However, there can be diffuse musculoskeletal pain in patients with inflammatory disease such…
By: Dr Alexa James Plans to make. Could be awesome. Awesome. For days, weeks, months or even a year, you can plan something. Plans for the same day can be made quickly. Planning is a very normal part of being a social human being, quite necessary. However, plans can be stressful and full of anxiety if you have fibromyalgia. You don’t know how you’ll feel minute by minute, let’s say a day or more. Personally,…
By: Dr Alexa James I was something that was wanted to deny the health community once. You told me I was just in your head, I didn’t exist, you felt like freaks who have lost their minds. Something different than what their practice has been teaching them could not believe. Oh, but I’ve demonstrated I’m so real, and now they know that. I am not in your head as a figment of a psychological or…
By: Dr Alexa James I like being like a marshmallow compared to me. On the inside and outside I’m gooey and squidgy –pretty much the same thing. I have no thick skin, so my outside is just a bit resistant to the inside of the marshmallow. Oh, I go quite pink in the sun. I was a delicate soul always, I take things to the heart. I totally disdain even the things I dismiss from…
By: Dr. Alexa James This continuum has slid up and down my life’s experience with fibromyalgia. I often spend my energy trying to avoid both extremes desperately. Sometimes I try to stay positive and concentrate on what I can do. I walk over to repeat the words of Hawking, do not look at the stars on your feet. Out of fear that they will bring me down, I avoid fibromyalgia groups like the plague. I…
By: Dr. Alexa James I have been able to try almost anything for some relief for the last 13 years since my fibromyalgia was officially “diagnosed.” Recently, I heard a lot and was curious about float tank therapy, among many others, to support fibro. Therefore, I was excited, interested, and a little nervous when a friend of mine found a Groupon deal for them at Still point Yoga and Float. Today we finally tried, and…