Fibromyalgia
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11/29/2024
Miranda Manier, BA
In a randomized controlled study, researchers found that combining pain neuroscience education with motor imagery-based exercises can reduce pain intensity in patients with fibromyalgia and chronic back...
11/29/2024
10/09/2024
Miranda Manier, BA
A randomized controlled trial reveals that aquatic therapy significantly reduces pain intensity and improves sleep quality in women with fibromyalgia compared to traditional land-based therapy, highlighting...
10/09/2024
10/14/2023
Sama Alazawi, DO; John Linabury, DO
A 41-year-old woman with a history of fibromyalgia, migraine, and irritable bowel disease presented to the emergency department (ED) with a 1-day history of facial swelling and upper lip swelling associated...
10/14/2023
Interactive Features
06/12/2014
In a patient with apparent statin-induced myalgia but minimally elevated CPK and normal vitamin D levels, what treatment might be helpful?
06/12/2014
05/14/2014
Heckel noted that when he went away for a weekend to visit his mother and forgot to take his statin, the myalgias went away. When he returned home and restarted the statin, myalgias returned.
05/14/2014
Clinical Insights
02/10/2023
In this podcast, Dana Villmore, PhD, Pa-C, discusses the diagnosis and management of fibromyalgia for primary care providers, a topic she recently presented at the 2021 American Academy of Physician...
02/10/2023
06/14/2022
Kevin Hackshaw, MD, answers our questions about his study that identified a blood test as a potential biomarker for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia and other rheumatic disorders.
06/14/2022