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Title:
The fibromanual : a complete fibromyalgia treatment guide for you and your doctor
Author:
Liptan, Ginevra, author.
ISBN:
9781101967201
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Ballantine Books, [2016]

©2016
Physical Description:
xvi, 359 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
General Note:
"A Ballantine Books Trade Paperback Original"--Title page verso.
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.
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Document ID:
SD_ILS:2240465
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