| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-339) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the F-word -- Figuring out fibromyalgia for myself -- What fibromyalgia is, and isn't -- The chain reaction that causes fibromyalgia -- Blocking the fibromyalgia chain reaction -- Helping your doctor help you -- The four R's of fibromyalgia treatment -- Rest: taming the hyperactive stress response -- Rest: fixing fibromyalgia sleep -- Rest: medications to increase deep sleep -- Repair: digestion -- Repair: therapeutic movement -- Repair: unsticking the fascia -- Rebalance: energy production -- Rebalance: inflammation -- Rebalance: adrenal hormones -- Rebalance: thyroid and sex hormones -- Rebalance: mood -- Reduce: fatigue and fibrofog -- Reduce: pain hypersensitivity -- Reduce: opiates for pain relief -- Reduce: medical marijuana for pain relief -- Reduce: pain from other sources -- Reduce: chronic fatigue syndrome -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: a health care provider guide to fibromyalgia management. |
| Summary |
"The most up-to-date, comprehensive treatment guide to fibromyalgia, by a renowned physician who herself has the condition If you suffer from fibromyalgia and are struggling to get help from your doctor, you're far from alone. Ten million Americans experience the widespread muscle pain, profound fatigue, and fuzzy brain ("fibrofog") that have long frustrated both patients and doctors. In this unique resource, Ginevra Liptan, M.D., shares a cutting-edge new approach that goes far beyond mainstream medical knowledge to produce dramatic symptom improvement. Dr. Liptan's program incorporates clinically proven therapies from both alternative and conventional medicine, along with the latest research on experimental options like medical marijuana. Since many health care providers have limited fibromyalgia expertise, The FibroManual includes a thoroughly sourced "health care provider guide" that enables readers to help their doctors help them. Alleviate fibromyalgia symptoms in four simple steps (Rest, Repair, Rebalance, and Reduce) and you will restore deep, restful sleep achieve long-lasting pain relief optimize hormone and energy balance reduce fatigue This accessible and empowering resource provides essential information about understanding and treating fibromyalgia from a physician who, as both patient and provider, understands the illness from the inside"-- Provided by publisher. |
| System details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Format: Adobe EPUB eBook. |
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Format: Kindle Book. |
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Format: OverDrive Read. |
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Requires Adobe Digital Editions or Amazon Kindle. |
| Other edition |
Online version: Liptan, Ginevra, author. Fibromanual New York : Ballantine Books, [2016] 9781101967218 |
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Original 9781101967201 |
| Subject |
Fibromyalgia -- Treatment -- Popular works.
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Fibromyalgia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Other corporate author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9781101967218
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| STANDARD # |
A234715B-FD78-4DCF-8B7C-FADCEFE8F70B OverDrive |
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