Results from Women Expressing Fibromyalgia’s Effects on their Everyday Lives (WE FEEL), illuminate the private, prolonged, and often agonizing, physical and emotional struggles that women with fibromyalgia face. The survey also reveals constructive, concrete ways…
Fibromyalgia
An in-depth guide on Fibromyalgia, covering its symptoms, causes, treatments, and tips for managing this chronic condition effectively.
Fibromyalgia: 3 Strategies for Workplace Success
Juggling a career—and social life, family, and the demands of fibromyalgia–can be challenging. Find the help you need from Jenni Prokopy—a woman living with the chronic, widespread pain and fatigue of fibromyalgia. Watch the video…
The Relationship Between Fibromyalgia and Weight Gain
Unfortunately, it’s easy for chronic pain patients to gain weight. Chronic pain patients are often in too much pain to get up and cook a healthy meal or exercise, so the pounds can add up…
Fibromyalgia: 5 Tips for Traveling Like a Pro
For 5 simple ideas for traveling well in spite of pain, a woman living with the pain and exhaustion of fibromyalgia. Despite her condition, Jenni needs to travel many times throughout the year and, in…
Nerve Block Technique Might Help Chronic Back Pain in Fibromyalgia
Introduction Chronic back pain is one of the most frustrating and disabling symptoms experienced by many people living with fibromyalgia. While fibromyalgia is widely recognized for causing widespread musculoskeletal pain throughout the body, the back…
9 Questions to Ask About Postsurgical Pain Management for Fibromyalgia
Introduction Preparing for surgery can be stressful for anyone, but for individuals living with fibromyalgia, the experience often comes with additional concerns. Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder that affects the way the brain and…
Don’t Wake Mom Today
This Mother’s Day, take pity on the woman who cooks, cleans, shops, fusses and worries over you. Before you overwhelm her with breakfast in bed, let her sleep in. It’s no secret that women are…
Why Do We Feel Pain?
When you drop something on your foot or slam your finger in a drawer, you know that pain will usually follow. Did you ever wonder why you feel that pain? Feeling pain in response to an injury…
Fibromyalgia Takes Different Tolls on Different People
Fibromyalgia patients, who suffer pain in the muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons, are not all the same and can be classified into three distinct subgroups, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Michigan…
Lower Back Pain in Fibromyalgia: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Long-Term Management
Introduction Lower back pain is one of the most common complaints among people living with fibromyalgia. While fibromyalgia is widely recognized for causing widespread musculoskeletal pain, persistent fatigue, sleep disturbances, and cognitive difficulties, discomfort in…