Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on May 20, 2009.
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on May 12, 2009.
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Anyone who copes with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) or Fibromyalgia (FM) knows there are people out there with all sorts of theories about what’s wrong with them. We’ve heard it all: You’re just depressed. If you’d exercise more, you’d feel better. The insulting “it’s all in your head.” And on and on.
The worst insult is probably: Everybody gets tired.
We know that! Before we got sick, we just got tired, too. But this fatigue is far beyond anything I (or most of the rest of us) would wish on anyone. If you can imagine how you feel on the worst day of having the flu, you can imagine how somebody with CFS feels on a good day.
That’s why it took me more than two months before I could get past the opening line to read the article I’m about to recommend.
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on June 20, 2008.
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by Pamela Rice Hahn
Note: I wrote an initial article about the Bounce Back Exercise Chair in 2005 while working as the about.com guide for the Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome site. Getting a chair for myself has been my goal since that time and I now finally have one! I’ve had mine for a week, and I can tell a difference already; it’s especially helped lessen some of my lower back pain. … Now for the article:
Maintaining or improving one’s physical fitness is difficult for a healthy person. It’s even more so for those with Fibromyalgia, and especially so for those who are exercise intolerant because of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Although it doesn’t promise an easy solution, the Bounce Back Fitness Chair does provide a safer fitness alternative. Because it combines the function of low-impact aerobics while the user is seated in a comfortable chair, anyone with balance or most other mobility problems can perform the exercise.
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on September 29, 2007.
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Many women who suffer through the pains associated with Fibromyalgia and arthritis find they have problems wearing a bra. This often leaves them suffering from a dilemma: The decision of whether to appear in public sans bra or whether to go for the support of that upper-body undergarment and suffer intensified muscle spasms as a result.
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on September 9, 2007.
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Those who cope with the joint pain and muscle problems associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia may be interested in new information that suggests that the beta-cryptoxanthin in fruits and vegetables may cut arthritis risk.
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on November 1, 2005.
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“If robbery is the taking without permission, CFS could be the greatest thief of all.” –David S. Bell, MD
When describing how others deal and accept the realities of their illness, those who cope with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and/or Fibromyalgia often express the sentiment “unless they get it, they just won’t get it.”
CFS Sucks! Tees and Gift Ideas Index
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on October 30, 2005.
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by Pamela Rice Hahn
I’m probably not the only person with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia to utter the lame joke: “As long as it’s working, I don’t care if it is a placebo effect!”
(View the Complete T-Shirt and Gift Merchandise Index for the Placebo Effect design)
A joke is one thing. It’s nice to know that the reality is something else entirely. In fact, after pooling the data of 29 studies in which 1,016 people with CFS received various placebos, a new study suggests that if you have CFS, and a treatment does make you feel better, the odds are against it being a placebo effect.
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on October 22, 2005.
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Aromatherapy is the therapeutic inhalation of the natural fragrance from volatile plant oils, essential oils, infused oils, and herbal preparations, and is one of the ways those with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia can use natural fragrances to enhance their well-being. Some mistakenly think that aromatherapy is simply a carry-over hippy practice of burning incense that’s been wrapped up in a new name. But, while the term aromatherapy is new, the practice has been around for thousands of years.
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on October 21, 2005.
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and other chronic conditions sometimes can cause a loss of cognitive skills so great that the victim needs to relearn how to concentrate. This article’s suggestions on how listening for the repeated, familiar sound patterns of rhymes helps increase a child’s attention span will work for the adult impaired because of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Fibromyalgia as well.
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Posted by Pamela Rice Hahn on October 20, 2005.
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Some are claiming the reported findings are not conclusive, but according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, acupuncture doesn’t appear to help Fibromyalgia pain. For more information, read: Acupuncture May Not Help Fibromyalgia.
One way you can get proactive about your pain is through meditation. For more information, read Meditation and Pain Management: Meditation Techniques Can Provide Pain Relief.
(Complete index for the “Fibromyalgia is a PAIN” T-Shirts and gift merchandise designs.)
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