Fibromyalgia Management Guidelines – Where do they come from?

by Jok | Apr 12, 2021 | Support | 2 comments

Fibromyalgia Diagnostic and Management Guidelines – Where do they come from? In this blog we discuss the most recently published guidelines, the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Fibromyalgia Management Guidelines 2016. The guidelines are formed from various...

Fibromyalgia New Year’s Resolutions

by Jok | Dec 30, 2020 | Support | 9 comments

Fibromyalgia is a big part of my life – but it’s not my whole life, it’s just a chapter in my story where recovery and healing aren’t my goals, or on my list of New Year Resolutions,  but instead they are a way of life that has to be lived, whether I like it or...

The History of Fibromyalgia

by Jok | Aug 13, 2020 | Support | 0 comments

Many believe fibromyalgia to be a modern-day ailment but in fact it’s been around for centuries albeit with names like rheumatism, neurasthenia, neuralgia, myelasthenia and fibrositis syndrome and are all recorded in medical journals dating back as far as the...

Fibromyalgia, the pain in my neck!

by Jok | Apr 22, 2020 | Healthy Mind, Support, Wellbeing | 0 comments

Fibromyalgia is a complex central pain sensitivity syndrome characterised by widespread pain which has no obvious cause, injury, or any medical explanation. Chronic pain is usually diagnosed after several months of experiencing out of proportion sensations of pain. In...

The Fibromyalgia Chronicles

by Jok | Mar 7, 2020 | Healthy Mind, Support, The Fibro Chronicles | 0 comments

Thank you to Jane for her interview, here is her story Where does your story begin and what were the symptoms that concerned you prompting you to see your GP?  It was ten years ago and during a very stressful time in my life, I was in my fifty’s and had been a...