• Creating a Sleep-Friendly Bedroom
- More than 5,000 fibromyalgia patients surveyed discuss ways to create a sleep-friendly environment at low and no cost, comfort cushions, mattress toppers, road testing a new mattress, and tips on finding a bed for you
• 7 Keys to Sound Sleep
- Sleep Expert Barry Krakow, M.D., outlines a self-help program to improve sleep described in his new book that also covers breathing disorders, numerous treatment options, medications, surgery, natural therapies, and more
• Take the Strain Off Your Pain
- Research by Andrew J. Holman, M.D., shows that position-related cord compression is common among fibromyalgia patients and may be amplifying your widespread fibro pain, but a standard MRI usually fails to pick it up
- Risk factors for positional cervical cord compression, association with whiplash, buckling of the ligamentum flavum, disc compression, genetics, and aging of the spine
- Medications most likely to help
- Sue Horton, P.T., describes her successful postural awareness rehab program that minimizes pain-related cord compression and eases muscle tension to reduce fatigue
• Biomarkers for Pain and Fatigue
- Alan Light, Ph.D., and his wife Kathleen Light, Ph.D., are on a quest to identify biomarkers specific for patients with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome
- The effects of exercise on the pain and fatigue "sensors" in your muscles
- Role of your sympathetic nervous system and immune system in causing your symptoms
• Treating the Many Layers of Your Pain
- Lucinda Bateman, M.D., offers her treatment approaches and encourages doctors to take symptoms one at a time to reduce pain levels
- Pain treatment suggestions including combination therapies, how the different anti-epileptic drugs (not just Lyrica) stack up against fibromyalgia pain and how to ease off of opioids if they become problematic
• Ken's Corner: Upper Body Toning
- Ken Lamm, P.T., offers techniques to improve arm, neck and shoulder strength, and improve posture
- Tone your upper body in 8 minutes a day, without draining your energy; fully illustrated
• Sleep Disorders that Fly Under the Radar
- While there is little research covering a variety of common sleep disturbances, it doesn't mean they don't exist. Charles Lapp, M.D., talks about the most common sleep problems in his Fibromyalgia patients that are not picked up by the research and offers treatment approaches (medications, natural therapies and self-help advice)
- Medications and other sleep disruptors you should avoid
• Q&A Column
- Physicians who treat fibromyalgia discuss the effects of sleeping too much, areas most affected by painful neuropathies, and how to distinguish fibromyalgia pain from neuropathic sources
• Therapies that Work
- Make Sleep a Habit
- Stockings Keep Her on Her Feet
- Making Her World a Softer Place

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