Fibromyalgia
Living with fibromyalgia means fighting pain on a daily basis. (You're not alone - roughly 2% of the population has been diagnosed with this challenging condition.) In fact, finding reliable methods of fibromyalgia pain relief is the focus of hundreds of millions of dollars of pharmaceutical research and clinical studies. Learn more about this condition's symptoms, and the options available for pain relief and management. Start here to begin taking control of your fibromyalgia pain.
Painful knots of muscle known as trigger points are the bane of people suffering with myofascial pain syndrome and other chronic disease. Injection therapy is the latest alternative treatment, but will it help?
Trigger Point Injections for Myofascial and Fibromyalgia Pain Relief
Since 1988, the Fibromyalgia Network has been dedicated to providing quality information to fibromyalgia patients, with the ultimate goal of minimizing the number of people suffering in silence from fibromyalgia because they don’t understand their...
Fibromyalgia Network: Community, Education & Support for Fibromyalgia Patients
The National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA) is an organization dedicated to helping people currently living with fibromyalgia, including the 10 million fibromyalgia patients in the U.S.
National Fibromyalgia Association: Educating, Encouraging and Empowering Fibro Patients
Fibromyalgia is complex, confusing, and tough to treat – which is why there are now more than 200 clinical trials taking place to test innovative fibromyalgia treatments. Will participating in one of these clinical trials help your fibromyalgia?
Who’s Doing Innovative Fibromyalgia Research? Look to Clinical Trials
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National Fibromyalgia Research Association: Searching for a Cure
Founded in 1992, the National Fibromyalgia Research Association (NFRA) focuses on “education, treatment and finding a cure for fibromyalgia,” as well as raising government, medical and public...
Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Where to Start for Fibromyalgia Pain Relief
The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, now in its second edition, focuses on one of the most debilitating aspects of fibromyalgia pain: trigger-point pain.
ChronicBabe: Site for Happenin' Young Women with Disabilities
Are you a Chronic Babe? If you're young - or young at heart - and female with chronic pain, then welcome to the wildly popular internet address that puts your babealicious self first, and the pain...
The Polyarthralgia and Fibromyalgia Connection: Part II of a Two-Part Series
How should your physician develop the treatment plan for polyarthralgia and fibromyalgia, two very similar conditions that can have disabling effects?
The Polyarthralgia and Fibromyalgia Connection: Part I of a Two-Part Series
Fibromyalgia and polyarthralgia are closely related diseases, but with some important differences. It's necessary to understand what those differences are in order to get the correct diagnosis - and...
Fibromyalgia and Your Sex Life
Fibromyalgia symptoms often lessen the desire for sex and intimacy. However, this does not have to be the case. Read more about the affect of fibromyalgia on sexual desire, and discover eleven tips...