It is unfortunate that many of you that have fibromyalgia are suffering not only from pain and fatigue but from an enormous amount of misinformation. Research is wonderful and I have always said that with fibromyalgia, “Knowledge is Power”, but it must be the correct type of research and come from reputable sources. It must [...]
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Fibromyalgia is much more than just having pain in the muscles. As those of you who have fibromyalgia surely know there are a whole host of problems that accompany the muscle pain. In this blog I am going to discuss one of the most frequent symptoms I see with most of my fibro patients. GI [...]
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There is a sad and disturbing observation I have made over the past few months that I felt I needed to share with all my readers. Lately I have been witnessing many people having severe flares of their Fibromyalgia. I have seen this not only in my office but also in the blogs and messages [...]
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This blog is actually more for those of you who are fortunate enough to not have Fibromyalgia. Those of you who have Fibro most likely don’t need any more “reinforcement” of what you’re already dealing with but maybe it will help if you show this to those you love, your colleagues, friends or health care [...]
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There is a huge misconception that still exists when it comes to understanding the degree of pain people with Fibromyalgia experience. The reason for this confusion is that there are actually 2 separate terms used to describe levels of pain. The term “pain threshold” defines the level at which the body first perceives a stimuli [...]
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For most of you with Fibromyalgia it may be almost impossible to imagine that there could possibly be an “upside” to having this condition. You owe it to yourself to please take a few moments to consider what I am about to explain. Maybe you will be able to see some light through the darkness. [...]
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For many years the pain associated with fibromyalgia was confusing to health care providers. The reason for this confusion stemmed from the fact that there appears to be no obvious damage to the muscles and soft tissue areas that are actually hurting. Much of this confusion has been cleared up recently due to new research. [...]
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