Fibromyalgia Relief

When you have fibromyalgia, pain cam come from a number of different sources including trigger points, tenderness, morning stiffness, aching joints, and headaches.

Whether the pain is throbbing, aching or just heavy and dull, sometimes what you most need is fibromyalgia relief. Managing fibromyalgia long term requires an effective team of health care practitioners, caregivers, pharmacists, and even mind-body therapy professionals. You can take some steps to relieve short-term pain when you are in the midst of a particularly painful event.

Ask Questions

There can be a number of factors that can exacerbate fibromyalgia-related pain, including:

• • exercise
• • fatigue
• • poor nutrition
• • hormone fluctuations
• • changing weather
• • stress
• • depression

While you can’t change the weather, there are some factors over which you have control. For example, poor nutrition is fairly easily remedied, as is over-exercise. Modifying current behaviors and habits can do a lot to improve your well-being. While you may not be able to reduce stress in your life, you can make changes in how you cope with stressful events.

Attitude is Everything

Fibromylagia will not shorten your life span, nor will it make it more likely that you develop another disorder or disease. It won’t kill you, but it can affect your quality of life. To what extent the quality of your life is affected depends, in a large point, on your attitude. If you can maintain a sense of hopefulness, humor, and optimism, even in the midst of a challenging health event, then fibromyalgia relief may be that much easier to come by. If you’re short of laughter these days, watch some old comedies, go to the park and watch children play, blow bubbles – laughter may indeed be the best medicine.

Get Involved

Chronic pain research is poorly funded and fibromyalgia research even less so. There are several organizations that you can volunteer with who can help get you involved as a volunteer and advocate for others seeking fibromyalgia relief.