Many patients are labeled with fibromyalgia simply because they have chronic soft tissue pain. But it is important, at least for the sake of correctness, that not all chronic soft tissue pain be called fibromyalgia.
In fact, localized or regional pain is often due to myofascial pain syndrome (MPS), a rather common condition which affects certain muscle areas. MPS is often present in fibromyalgia patient, but not all MPS patients also suffer from fibromyalgia.
MPS generally involves...
A study recently published in the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine found that myofascial release therapy... Read more »
Saturday, May 12th is International Awareness Day for fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, Gulf War syndrome and multiple chemical... Read more »
One of the comments on my recent SharePost “Lyrica Reduces Fibromyalgia Pain in Clinical Trial” posed a couple of excellent questions:... Read more »
This Friday, October 23, one of the segments on The Dr. Oz Show is scheduled to be on fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. His... Read more »
Why do some doctors still refuse to believe that fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are real physical illnesses? Why isn’t your... Read more »
Myofascial Release Therapy is a treatment option that many people are not aware of. It is a hands-on type of therapy that is particularly effective... Read more »
Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndrome have similar symptoms, and some fibromyalgia patients suffer from this other chronic pain condition. But... Read more »
How do you tell whether you have fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome (also known as “Myalgic Encephalopathy” or “ME”) or both? Are they... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Fibromyalgia is a common syndrome in which a person has long-term, body-wide pain and tenderness in the joints, muscles, tendons, and other soft... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Fibromyositis; Fibrositis Symptoms Pain in the main symptom of fibromyalgia. It may be mild to severe. Painful areas are called... Read more »
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