My Rough & Frightening Journey to Diagnosis, by Tiffany Stuart
Tiffany Stuart My name is Tiffany Stuart and I live in Los Angeles, CA. I am 23 years old and was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in January 2019 at the age…
Tiffany Stuart My name is Tiffany Stuart and I live in Los Angeles, CA. I am 23 years old and was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in January 2019 at the age…
Yoga movement and respiration, visualization and techniques of relaxation can decrease suffering and fatigue, lead to deeper sleep and stress. Inadequate exercises may cause increased distress, but adapted yoga should…
Diane Lewis enjoyed wild-kayaking off Vancouver Island's north-western coast, in the middle of tumultuous greens, and the remains of First Nations houses and villages, when she didn't help her patients…
Pilates can be an effective way of building muscle strength and relieving chronic muscle tension in people with fibromyalgia. Although many believe that Pilates' approach focuses on abdominal muscles, the…
I find myself fighting to lift my sandwich, one night when my husband and I sit down for a delicious meal. It's too loud! It's too loud! It isn't a…
Fibromyalgia is expensive for the individual as well as for society. A 2007 study showed that 34% of fibromyalgia patients spend between $100 and $1000 a month over their health…
In the purest of sense, though others do not really understand or judge the physical pain of others, those who live with pain are conscientious of the profound impact it…
"To feel my best, I must stretch daily. It makes me smoother, relaxed and energy-free, "said Diane Lewis, an eager backpacker and kayaker before being in a pileup of three…
Two years have passed since chronically ill people fell and what a scooter ride. For rollercoasters I was never really one, but here I am on a ride of my…
For more than 30 years I have been traveling and for half of that time have a chronic illness. I know first hand that it is EXTREMENT difficult but not…