Archive for September, 2007

Fibromyalgia and the attempt to quantify and describe the pain

Friday, September 21st, 2007

“We also often add to our own pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally”, Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dali Lama quote 

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Posted in Black women's pain, Fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, Visual Analogue Scale, aching pain, biofeedback, blistering pain, fibromyalgia and age, fibromyalgia and class, fibromyalgia and gender, fibromyalgia and race, invisible pain, mindfulness, nagging pain, quantifying pain, quantity versus quality, raw pain, searing pain, shocking pain, suffering in silence, tai-chi, vibroacoustic harp therapy, yoga | 1 Comment »

Fibromyalgia: spasms, restless legs, trapped nerves, exercise and strengthening

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

“Am I alone in my egotism when I say that never does the pale light of dawn filter through the blinds of 52 Tavistock Square but I open my eyes and exclaim “Good God! Here I am again” not always with pleasure, often with pain, sometimes in a spasm”, Virginia Woolf 

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Posted in Fibromyalgia, adrenals and fibromylaiga, charley horses and fibromyalgia, cortisol and fibromyalgia, exercise and fibromyalgia, fibromyalgia and hyperarousal of the nervous system, restless legs and fibromyalgia, setting goals, spasms, strengthening, tai-chi, trapped nerves and fibromyalgia | 2 Comments »