Making the Most of Your Time
So much to do-so little time to do it. What are the best ways to make use of your flare free time?LIST ITIn the morning, perhaps while eating your breakfast, make a list of the tasks you hope to accomplish [...]
Eastern Therapies to Treat your Fibromyalgia
Have you ever tried-or considered trying - Eastern therapies to treat your fibromyalgia symptoms? If so, you're not alone. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) estimates that about 90 percent of people with fibromyalgia use some [...]
Measuring Fibrofog
By Kathy Longley Ever since being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, Jean Turner has experienced what she refers to as fibro fog. "I can forget my train of thought in mid-sentence, and often struggle to retain detailed information," explains the Reading, [...]
A Fibro-Friendly Workplace
By Corynn Feldmann, OTR Are you a working Joe with fibro? Then I've got good news for you: the accommodations needed to make people with Fibro more comfortable and productive are inexpensive and easy to implement. WHEN THINKING ABOUT JOB [...]
Video – Don’t Fear Physical Therapy
Joe Donohue and Lynne Matallana discuss physical therapy and why you shouldn’t be afraid.
Video – How Certain Foods Affect Your Health
Catherine Katz and her husband Dr. David Katz talk about how certain foods can positively and negatively affect your health.
Exercise: How A Little Goes A Long Way
By David L. Katz, MD; Chief Medical Officer of the Community Pain Center Mechanistically, exercise is entirely dependent on action potentials, while its incredible benefits may be characterized as the potential of action to enhance our lives. Ironically, [...]
Pregnancy and fibromyalgia
By Aysun Alagoz, OB/GYN Many fibromyalgia patients are women in their childbearing years who have concerns about the impact of Fibromyalgia on their pregnancy. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS VERY LITTLE RESEARCH on the subject. Some research indicates that pregnant [...]
The Physician’s Toolbox
By Mark Pellegrino, MD "YOU HAVE FIBROMYALGIA, A CHRONIC AND PAINFUL CONDITION FOR WHICH THERE IS NO CURE." You may have heard these very words from the doctor who first diagnosed your condition, and perhaps you thought: "I'm stuck with [...]
Stress Reduction at the Cellular Level
By Mario D. Cordero, Manuel de Miguel, PhD, Placido Navas, PhD, and Jos Antonio S¡nchez Alcazar, MD, PhD Since mitochondrial dysfunction was first described in the 1960s, biomedical research has advanced in the understanding of the role that [...]
Positive Attitude: What it is and what it isn’t… and why it makes a difference
When Linda first began attending a fibromyalgia (FM) support group, she noticed that every month the two ladies conducting the meeting stressed the importance of having a positive attitude. Linda says her first reaction was, They're crazy. How can I [...]
Is It Fibromyalgia Or Something Else?
Fibromyalgia is defined by the presence of chronic widespread pain and tenderness to light touch. But those whose lives are affected by fibromyalgia know, having the disorder means much more than just pain. It is widely recognized as a [...]
