Product Description
The original edition of this classic survival manual offered the first comprehensive patient guide for managing these conditions. Its extensive set of healing tools included targeted bodywork for painful trigger points and strategies to helpccope with chronic pain and sleep problems and the numbing effects of fibrofog. More than 75 percent of the second edition is new or updated material, including coverage of promising new research on the causes of fibromyalgia, evaluation of new treatments, complete discussions of special issues for women and men, and the latest information on medication. An update of the first edition's popular provider index helps sufferers select those practitioners who will take their complaints seriously and offer knowledgeable treatment advice.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 148 reviews)

A thorough guide for those lost in "specialist°s" maze. by C. Quintana (Caracas, Venezuela)

5 Stars
November 14, 2009
I have suffered from all kind of inexplicable symptoms for more than 25 years and although I was finally diagnosed by a reumathologist with fibromialgia he told me I could do nothing about it but take NSAIDS for the pain. Now I can see clearly how all these symptoms and illnesses: irritable bowel syndrome, hypothiroidism, fribrofog,joint pain and stiffness, sore muscles, inexplicable tooth pain, and so on, are related and it makes me feel releived and hopeful about the future. This book is a thorough guide that will enable anyone suffering from fribromyalgia and chronic myofascial pain to understand their condition and to draw up a plan to cope with the symptoms and improve their quality of life. I feel grateful to the authors, they have done a great job putting all this information together and making it it so simple to understand.

very helpful by Acocacolagirl (Lafayette, CA USA)

5 Stars
November 02, 2009
This book was full of information and coping idias. It was written in easy to understand language and flowed nicely. Most importantly, at least one of the authors suffers from Fibromyalgia - this is not a book written by and observer! It is written by someone who understands!

fibromyalgia book by D. Williams (Gainesville, FL USA)

5 Stars
October 15, 2009
Thank you for the timely delivery and good condition of the book. My friend was very happy to receive it.

Highly informational. by Crystal Whiting (Austin, TX USA)

5 Stars
September 12, 2009
This book really helped to explain my fibro and myofacial pain. I have not read the whole book as of yet.

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain: Survival Guide by Shirley A. Shofner (Round Rock, Texas)

5 Stars
September 05, 2009
Teriffic resource. Practical steps to reduce and contol pain and live successfully with these conditions. Some material pretty techinical but is important to help your physician better understand the condition. Helps you be your oun advocate.

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