| When you're living with fibromyalgia (FM) you're | | | | properly. Pain specialists have been trained to |
| living with pain every day of your life. It isn't just | | | | locate the sources of your pain and to treat |
| a small amount of pain, either, as it can be all | | | | them. |
| over your body in any of the soft tissues and | | | | A pain specialist knows the questions to ask to |
| nerves. It's an enduring pain that bothers you | | | | get to the underlying causes of your pain. When |
| even when you try to sleep, and it can be | | | | you first go to visit one, be prepared to answer a |
| debilitating enough to keep you from doing the | | | | lot of questions, because this doctor will want a |
| things you want to do. Just trying to keep on | | | | comprehensive picture of medical conditions |
| living your life can aggravate the condition even | | | | you've experienced both in the past and present. |
| more. Even if you seek the counsel of a pain | | | | He will ask you where the pain is located, how |
| specialist, there's only so much you can do to | | | | long it lasts, what does it feel like, and what |
| alleviate pain. However, it is possible to learn | | | | makes it feel better or worse. When you decide |
| techniques that will help you manage your FM pain | | | | to make an appointment with a specialist, take |
| enough to live a more normal life. | | | | careful note of these various aspects of your |
| If you take a look in your yellow pages or online, | | | | pain so that you'll be able to tell him everything. |
| you will find doctors who specialize in dealing with | | | | The more he knows, the better the treatment |
| pain. You can also ask your own doctor to | | | | he can provide. |
| recommend someone to you. These people teach | | | | Knowing that there is no cure for fibromyalgia at |
| you to use medical, psychological, and behavioral | | | | the present time will undoubtedly make you want |
| modifications that will lessen your pain. They are | | | | to find the best ways to manage the chronic pain. |
| not just medical doctors, because they have also | | | | You basically have two choices. You can sit at |
| been required to complete a year of intense | | | | home in a drug-induced haze and bemoan your |
| study in pain management before they're allowed | | | | fate, or you can seek the advice of a pain |
| to practice it. You may have been finding that | | | | specialist who will help you start feeling better so |
| your FM is difficult to treat. That's because most | | | | that you can live an active life again. |
| physicians don't have the expertise to treat it | | | | |