According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, over 40 million Americans suffer from a chronic sleep disorder. I dare say a fair percentage of them are probably fibromyalgia patients.
I just finished writing a two-part series of articles on the sleep problems that usually accompany fibromyalgia: The Fibromyalgia Sleep Dilemma – Part I: Identifying the Problem and The Fibromyalgia Sleep Dilemma – Part II: Finding Solutions... Read More »
As of this writing, three medications have been approved by the FDA for the treatment of fibromyalgia: Lyrica (pregabalin), Cymbalta (duloxetine) and Savella (milnacipran). Read More »
Are you thinking about trying inversion therapy? Or maybe you have never heard of inversion therapy? Then please keep reading because you need to know the upsides and the downsides of turning your body upside down. Read More »
The CDC released the findings of their new study published last week in The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology indicating that taking opioid painkillers such as codeine, hydrocodone or oxycodone shortly before or during early pregnancy may increase the risk of birth defects. Read More »
Some people are walking around with some serious body hardware. Not the armor type, I am talking about the implants: the hips, the knees, the teeth, the stimulators, the pumps and every type of screw you can think of. Read More »
Nutrition-related pain exists. Having talked extensively about how the right and breakfast and dinner foods can help reduce pain and inflammation, it is time to talk about how certain foods can potentially trigger pain. Read More »
