Fibromyalgia is a common and chronic disorder characterized by widespread pain. Doctors define “widespread” as occurring below and above the waist and on both sides of the body. A patient is diagnosed with fibromyalgia if they have suffered constant pain for at least three months. Other symptoms of fibromyalgia include fatigue and “fibro fog.” The latter describes ...

Fibromyalgia Syndrome, fibromyalgia for short, is a physiological illness that causes chronic pain “Fibro” means connective tissues, “my” means muscle, and “algia” means pain. This illness has been around for centuries, and ongoing research has concluded that it’s very real and debilitating. Sometimes this syndrome has mistakenly thought of as a relatively new development in the medical ...

When it comes to chronic, long-term medical conditions affecting your bones and muscles, fibromyalgia is the second most commonly occurring. It affects some 5 million people in the U.S. alone. However, it’s also a condition that often goes misdiagnosed or undiagnosed due to it being so difficult to identify at the onset of the condition. ...