When Muscle Pain Won’t Go Away: The Relief Handbook for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Muscle Pain
April 24, 2010 by admin
Filed under Fibromyalgia Books
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The new revised edition of this bestseller explains and demystifies the chronic muscle pain syndrome, fibromyalgia. 12 line drawings…. More >>
When Muscle Pain Won’t Go Away: The Relief Handbook for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Muscle Pain
This book is specifically about Fibromyalgia. I learned of it many years ago and thought it was one of the best I’d ever read on the subject. Written for the layman and easy to understand. My sister-in-law was recently diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, so I bought her the book.
Rating: 4 / 5
Gayle Backstrom has managed to combine fact and experience into a highly readable book. I found myself highlighting passage after passage with the hope that I could get my family members to read them, and thereby understand what I was dealing with. The author gives some splendid practical advice on such topics as whether or not it’s worth it to go through the lengthy hassle of applying for disability benefits. Her cautions are realistic, and I have passed them along to members of my support group.
Rating: 5 / 5
Recently diagnosed? Don’t know the medical jargon? This is the book to get! It’s an excellent “primer” for newly diagnosed FMers and will explain the basics to you.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is helpful for people with chronic pain and especially for those with fibromyalgia. Gayle Backstrom writes this book with the idea that all parts of our body are connected (mind/body/spirit), therefore she gives helpful suggestions that include all areas.
Fair warning though, this book is a bit on the technical side. So, if you have ‘fibro fog’ it may be hard to get through and/or understand sections. I recommend reading it on days when you are clearer. Or, do what I did – have someone else read the section and then explain it to you. I had to do this with the research portion of the book.
Subjects covered in this book include, symptoms, latest research, physical treatment, cognitive therapy and support systems.
There are also many appendixes such as: a list of arthritis chapters, a list of resources, surfing the web and a list of fibromyalgia researchers.
I found this book to be helpful, though it wasn’t one of my favorite fibromyalgia books. For my favorite ones you can check out my ‘about you’ area and look at the ones I have reviewed and my self-help book listmania list.
I read this book for more help dealing with fibromyalgia, but I found that I was giving my mom advice from the book,since she suffers from chronic pain in her back/neck, hips and wrist/thumb.
Rating: 4 / 5
Defintely worth reading. A good reference book for those diagnosed with Fibromyalgia or those wishing to have a better understanding of FMS. I found the personal account of the author’s experience very true to life. (I have Fibromyalgia.) This is real life, and those looking for a miracle storybook ending won’t find it here. This book deals addresses the fact that Fibromyalgia is real and won’t just go away, however it also deals with the many aspects of how people can deal with Fibromyalgia.
Rating: 4 / 5
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