The Relief For Fibromyalgia

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The Relief For Fibromyalgia

This caring and welleducated guide can

help you feel better–starting now

Fibromyalgia causes muscle stiffness and pain, debilitating fatigue, and a good deal of other symptoms. Most discouraging and hindering of all, persons with fibromyalgia syndrome don’t look sick; general tests for injury or chemical imbalances oftentimes show not one thing wrong. But if you suffer from fibromyalgia, you know that your disease is real, and so is your pain. It’s natural to feel discouraged–but don’t give up! In Fibromyalgia: Simple Relief through Movement, Stacie L. Bigelow–a motivational health counselor and FMS sufferer herself–gives hope to every one with fibromyalgia with a simple program designed to help you gain from the one thing that is known to help: movement.

“The most important key to managing muscles affected by fibromyalgia,” writes Bigelow, “is to keep them moving.” Drawing on new medical understanding of fibromyalgia as well as her patients’ and her own experiences, she explains what the sickness is and how to utilize an effective plan. She shows you:
* Why conventional exercise programs are not for you
* Which actions will reduce your pain–and which might increase it
* How to remainder your each day needs for healing rest and movement
* How (and whether) to use muscle conditioning to decrease pain
* How to stretch decently to reduce pain
* How to commune your needs to family members, coworkers, and health care providers

Presenting clear and specific counsel on how to use motion safely and efficaciously to ease the pain of fibromyalgia, this caring, welleducated guide will give you an optimistic new mind-set with regards to your pain, your body, and your future.

Amazon Sales Rank: #850766 in Books
Published on: 2000-05-25
Original language: English
Number of items: 1
Dimensions: .53″ h x 5.56″ w x 8.51″ l, .40 pounds
Binding: Paperback
144 pages

ISBN13: 9780471348023
Condition: New
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From the Back CoverThis caring and welleducated guide can

help you feel better—starting now

Fibromyalgia causes muscle stiffness and pain, debilitating fatigue, and some other symptoms. Most discouraging and hindering of all, people with fibromyalgia syndrome don’t look sick; popular tests for injury or chemical imbalances ofttimes show not one thing wrong. But if you suffer from fibromyalgia, you know that your disease is real, and so is your pain. It’s natural to feel discouraged—but don’t give up! In Fibromyalgia: Simple Relief through Movement, Stacie L. Bigelow—a motivational health counselor and FMS sufferer herself—gives hope to everyone with fibromyalgia with a simple program designed to help you gain from the one thing that is known to help: movement.

“The most primary key to managing muscles affected by fibromyalgia,” writes Bigelow, “is to keep them moving.” Drawing on new medical understanding of fibromyalgia as well as her patients’ and her own experiences, she explains what the sickness is and how to employ an effective plan. She shows you:

Why conventional exercise programs are not for you
Which actions will reduce your pain—and which might increase it
How to remainder your every day needs for healing rest and movement
How (and whether) to use muscle conditioning to decrease pain
How to stretch the right way to reduce pain
How to commune your needs to family members, coworkers, and health care providers

About the AuthorSTACIE L. BIGELOW, M.A., is a health educator, researcher, and counselor who has had fibromyalgia syndrome for almost ten years. She is the author of numerous health betterment courses employed in a potpourri of settings and is an adjunct instructor of psychology at Adler Graduate School in Minnesota. With a degree in health counseling, she helps her people who are in need of medical care improve their health and manage chronic diseases through individualized exercise and stress management plans.

53 of 56 people found the following review helpful.
Fibromyalgia, Simple Relief Through Movement
By A
This book has some very practical and safe exercises for persons with chronic pain. It offers sound advice that can be carried out at home without expense. This disease is very debilitating and some of the exercise programs that we try to enforce in this culture certainly are ill advised. Ms. Bigelow offers very good suggestions to the patient.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
Fibromyalgia – Movement vs Exercise
By Claudia Maheux
An excellent book on how to exercise if you suffer from Fibromyalgia. Offers specific strategies to reduce pain with a careful, gradual approach to movement & then exercise. Explains which movements & excercises to avoid, which one to try, how to deal with flare-ups, etc. I should have read this book years ago – it would have spared me a lot of pain (& weight gain). If you have Fibromyalgia, you MUST read this book.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful.
The Best!
By Safir Shamaim
I was concerned based on the review below that this book would disappoint me, but every concern vanished after reading it. Ms. Bigelow is motivating about movement, but does advocate rest. She does describe FMS as a neuro-endocrine suggestion and there are photographs of stretches, along with very specific exercise recommendations. A trustworthy, useful, refreshing reference!

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