It’s been a very busy past few weeks since I have had the opportunity to write another blog. This one I’m sure will cause a number of responses. One of the reasons why I have such strong emotional feelings for all fibromyalgia patients and wrote my book, is an event that occurred in 2000 here in […]
In twenty four years working clinically with fibromyalgia patients I have yet to meet one that does not have some lumps, bumps and/or water filled swellings also known as lesions just below the skin. What are these and where do they come from? They most often are not painful trigger points. They are areas of […]
In working “with” fibromyalgia patients over the past 25 years I have found the one factor that measured the success or failure of each individual was patience. Since almost all fibromyalgia patients have tried literally every conceivable potion, program or drug for their condition, it seems practical that when a truly viable protocol comes along […]
After taking a week to complete my taxes and catching up on the treatment of the many patients that came into the clinic from the EXPO I find that there is so much more to discuss. The EXPO was not only very well attended but was attended, in my opinion, by very knowledgeable individuals. It […]
Research involves a number of steps that will either validate or disprove the project someone is working on. Two points that are of utmost importance in proper research include the following: Is the protocol reproducible and how long will someone expect to have a positive response from the protocol. In the first point, reproducibility, our Fibromyalgia […]
Wouldn’t it be easy for you to just take one pill, “the polypill”, and it would be the answer you are looking for to get rid of your fibromyalgia or your rheumatoid arthritis or your multiple sclerosis or any of the thousands of diseases that debilitate so many people. That “polypill” would have in it […]
The National Biotechnology Information Center (NBIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently released the findings of research funded by grants from Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals and Forest Laboratories that claim to have discovered a causative pathology (the science of cause and effect) for fibromyalgia. The cause of the disease escaped researchers for years. In […]
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) patients are frequently unable to exercise due to a high level of discomfort and pain. Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) is an excellent supplement to help reduce fat stores that have accumulated for those with an inactive lifestyle. Conjugated Linoleic Acid, CLA, a substance not produced naturally by the human […]
Hypoglycemia syndrome describes a condition in the body where glucose (blood sugar levels) are low. Glucose is a source of both physical (muscle) and mental (brain) energy. The brain, representing only 2 percent by weight of the body, has no energy stores of its own. It requires about 60 per cent percent of the all […]
More and more research has validated that the symptoms of fibromyalgia derive from the same source — inflammation. This process is often insidious, yet it eventually fulminates into a disease like fibromyalgia. This inflammatory process usually attacks the weakest area and can affect any organ or tissue in the body. It may eventually affect the […]