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This group is dedicated to formulating a good knowledge base from which MT's can obtain a high level of understanding of the condition and how best to treat the fibromyalgia client seeking their help.
Location: World wide.
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Latest Activity: Aug 7, 2020
The video above was created by a sufferer to convey just how complex and depressing the condition can be.
When a fibromyalgia client first visits you for treatment, it is vital to show empathy and understanding. This is due to the likelyhood she will have had an extreamly long and difficult journey in obtaining a diagnosis,http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21765861 The double wammy, aggresive invisable pain, and not being believed by familly or medical profession because on the outside these clients look to be in ok health. In these cases support group information will be of help. =
Chronic Pain - Is it All in Their Head? - Daniel J. Clauw M.D. The video below is a presentation by Andrew Gross MD head of Rheumatology clinic at the University of California. Massage Therapy gets very little mention in his presentation and exemplifies that MT is still struggling to get proper recognition for the help we can offer the fibromyalgia sufferer. The video does offer good insight into the possible causes and changes in the central nervous system which is well worth understanding.
http://www.cmjournal.org/content/6/1/13
An article by Eric Dalton http://erikdalton.com/media/published-articles/fibromyalgia-pain-fact-or-fiction/
September/October's http://www.massageprofessionals.com/group/massageandbodywork by Cara McGuinnis http://massagebodywork.idigitaledition.com/issues/20/
Thanks to Kelly Sanders for the facebook link http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/groups/108380879231706/
Linked in Fibromyalgia research info.
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Comment by Stephen Jeffrey on March 14, 2013 at 9:06am
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http://www.futuremedicine.com/toc/pmt/3/2
Mark I Johnson , Raga A Elzahaf , Osama A Tashani
The prevalence of chronic pain in developing countries
Citation | Full Text | PDF (1661 KB) | PDF Plus(1670 KB) | Reprints & PermissionsLaura E Simons , Christine B Sieberg , Rachael M Coakley Patients with pain are not all the same: considering fear of pain and other individual factors in treatment
Citation | Full Text | PDF (1635 KB) | PDF Plus(1642 KB) | Reprints & Permissions Controlled-release systems in neuropathic pain
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http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-stressful-events-inflammation...
Dwelling on stressful events can increase inflammation in the body, study finds
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http://www.painmedicinenews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?d=Clinical%2BPain%...
µ-Opioid Receptors Impaired in Fibromyalgia Patients, Study Shows
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That's interesting, thanks Eduardo :)
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Comment by Eduardo Barrera on February 22, 2013 at 12:17pm
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Hey Stephen, Glad you mentioned Devin's book. I had written a piece for her book as well as Mari Skelly's "Women Living with Fibromyalgia".
Did you see this study where there was a 97% misdiagnosis: http://www.slideshare.net/DiagnoseMyPain/fibromyalgia-abstract
http://www.slideshare.net/DiagnoseMyPain/crps-rsd-overdiagnosed-71-...
Now if you want to see my seasoned and reasoned rant, go to LinkedIn and check out the group Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Life Magazine. You may want to chime in there too.
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http://journalstar.com/news/local/fibromyalgia-researcher-reveals-s...
With no apparent cause to explain the widespread pains of fibromyalgia patients, many doctors dismissed their complaints.
To Dr. Jon Russell, a Union College alum living in Texas who spent his career tilting against a malady many colleagues regarded like windmills, the patient suffering appeared genuine.
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http://homepages.sover.net/~devstar/
Fibromyalgia (FM) and
Chronic Myofascial Pain (CMP)
with Devin Starlanyl
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http://www.rheumatology.org/practice/clinical/classification/fibrom...
The American College of Rheumatology
Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia
and Measurement of Symptom Severity
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