Posts Tagged ‘fybromyalgia’

Difficulties of Diagnosing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome can be difficult to diagnose as it’s symptoms are similar to many other illnesses including mononucleosis, lyme disease, lupus and fybromyalgia.  Additionally, diagnostic complications arise from the fact that there is no diagnostic laboratory test or biomarker for CFS and symptom sets vary severely from patient to patient.

Treat Your Fybromyalgia with Physical Therapy

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Physical therapy, in lieu of or in addition to medication, may help relieve pain and stiffness caused by fibromyalgia. While there is no known cure for fibromyalgia, physical therapy helps patients make lifestyle changes that can make a significant difference in treating pain, fatigue, depression and anxiety caused by fibromyalgia.