Quarterly Journal
Fibromyalgia Network publishes an ad-free, Member-supported Journal on fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) that is delivered to your door on a quarterly basis in the months of January, April, July, and October. Each 20-page issue of the Fibromyalgia Network Journal is written from a patient's-perspective and contains the following:
- a self-help coping article with advice from the experts on how to overcome various obstacles created by your chronic illness
- new treatments to try (both drug and non-drug)
- the latest advancements in research to help you remain hopeful about your future
- a Q&A Column with questions from Members and answers from the experts
- a section on Therapies That Work to highlight therapeutic approaches that have made a significant difference in the lives of other patients with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
We ferret out useful information from physicians, researchers, medical journals, and scientific symposiums to provide you with ideas for learning how to successfully live with fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome. We also offer Members scientific abstracts to provide a strong objective basis for discussing new therapies with your healthcare providers. For the price of one doctor's office co-pay ($28/year), you can keep experienced physicians and researchers from around the world in your treatment loop all year long.
Join today, and you will begin your Membership with the current issue outlined below.
Here are a few topics in the current issue of the Fibromyalgia Network Journal that you don't want to miss:
You might be ready for bed, but is your bedroom ready for sleep? Patients share functional and inexpensive changes that can improve your sleep environment.- Is your body tired but your brain is so wired you can't fall asleep at night? Two physicians offer drug and nondrug approaches to this difficult dilemma.
- Does cranking your neck back for long periods of time cause pain? Was your fibromyalgia triggered by a whiplash? Learn which meds and nondrug therapies may be key for you.
- A research team is trying to understand why fibromyalgia patients experience magnified pain and fatigue after exercise, and if this measurement can be used as a test for the illness.
- "Don't just lump all of your different types of pains into fibromyalgia," says Lucinda Bateman, M.D. Instead, doctors must treat each pain like "peeling away the layers of an onion."
- A physical therapist demonstrates how you can get your arms and upper body to look and feel stronger in just a few minutes a day – without breaking a sweat.
- Vivid dreams? Feel like you are falling off a cliff in your sleep? Can't wake up in the morning? One doctor explains fibromyalgia-common sleep problems and discusses solutions.
- By sheer coincidence, one woman's job led her to an amazing solution that kept her out of leg pain and on her feet. It could be the solution for you too.
PLUS, receive our monthly eNews Alerts containing short news briefs to help you feel connected between the quarterly Journal issues, physician and support group referrals, and much more! Join today.
