Your Best Night’s Sleep

The following article, “Your Best Night’s Sleep” by Tina Marie Frawley, appears in Fibromyalgia AWARE magazine, Winter 2010, Vol. 21.  Reprinted with permission from the National Fibromyalgia Association:www.fmaware.org© FM Aware All rights reserved. No material may be reproduced or used without written approval of and proper credit given to Fibromyalgia AWARE Do you ever lie awake nights, wondering when restful [...]

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My Fibro Story: “The Golden Boy” by Ben Ryan

Ben Ryan, “The Golden Boy” How can I ever forgive myself?  I was the golden boy.  Not just the smartest kid in the class, but the hardest working, the most driven.  For as many hours as there were in the day, I filled them: slaving over school work; pursuing acting professionally; practicing the piano; reading [...]

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Steering Clear of Scams

By Deborah Barrett, PhD, MSW, LCSW When people suffer from problems with no easy answers, opportunity expands for quacks and scammers. While there is much helpful advice available, speculation and unscientific information about fibromyalgia and its treatments also abound. Reliable advice on ways to improve calls for patience and commitment, which can increase the appeal [...]

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Make your holidays with fibromyalgia work for you!

We all have the ideal holiday celebration: family gatherings, food, fun and shopping, for starters. But, for many people with fibromyalgia, the celebrations at the end of the year combine into a major stressor, the trigger for a flare-up.   Here are some tips from FM patients, suggesting ways you can survive the holidays happily—and [...]

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Study profiles race of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) patients

Reprinted from Fibromyalgia AWARE magazine, Vol 21 According to a study headed by Dr. Ammar Alkhazna of the University of Missouri, restless legs syndrome—a condition often comorbid with fibromyalgia—is more prevalent among white patients than among patients of other ethnicities. Among black study participants, the prevalence of RLS was 12 percent for both men and women, compared to [...]

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Cures for the Housekeeping Blues

The following article, “Cures for the Housekeeping Blues” by Elisabeth Deffner, appears in Fibromyalgia AWARE magazine, Winter 2010, Vol. 21. © FM Aware All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission from the National Fibromyalgia Association: www.fmaware.org Cures for the Housekeeping BluesKeeping house is always a chore—but for people with fibromyalgia and other chronic pain disorders, it can be the source of a [...]

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Tips for surviving the holidays and travel season with fibromyalgia

With the upcoming holidays, some of us may already be making travel plans to visit family and friends. We all know travel and the holidays can be challenging, but even more so when you have fibromyalgia. So, we asked ourFacebook followers to post their practical tips on surviving the holidays with fibromyalgia. As usual, our Facebook [...]

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Fibromyalgia and Osteoporosis: What’s the overlap and what can you do about it?

The following article, “Fibromyalgia and Osteoporosis” by Stuart L. Silverman, MD, FACP, FACR, appears in Fibromyalgia AWARE magazine, Winter 2010, Vol. 21.  Reprinted with permission from the National Fibromyalgia Association:www.fmaware.org © FM Aware All rights reserved. No material may be reproduced or used without written approval of and proper credit given toFibromyalgia AWARE. FIBROMYALGIA AND OSTEOPOROSIS By Stuart L. Silverman, [...]

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MY FIBRO STORY: “My Purpose, Revealed” by Cynthia Mittel

2001, after a work injury led to a cervical fusion, I returned to the surgeon for a post-op checkup and told him I had little bruise marks all over my body. It turned out they were right on the tenderpoints. The orthopedic surgeon asked me if I had ever heard of fibromyalgia. I had not, [...]

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Oct. 23 Fibro Focus in Orange County includes “FACE of Pain” mini-workshop

Attendees to this Saturday’s Fibro Focus event in Mission Viejo, CA will get a special treat from Judith Westerfield, psychotherapist, certified clinical hypnosis & guided imagery therapist who will present a special EXPERIENTIAL mini-workshop to experience first hand how to safely give expression to your own FACE of Pain using the healing power of Therapeutic Creative Expression* [...]

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