This is a practitioners guide to fibromyalgia syndrome and its treatment. FMS was only officially recognised by W.H.O. as a syndrome in 1990. Since then much research has been undertaken and the pool of knowledge is growing rapidly. This is the only text that distills information and relates it specifically to the problems of assessment, diagnosis and management as confronted by the practitioners. It provides a multidisciplinary perspective on this multifaceted and frequently encountered syndrome.
1. The history and definition of fibromyalgia 2. Fibromyalgias symptom patterns: Causes or effects? 3. Conditions associated with fibromyalgia 4. The causes of fibromyalgia: various hypotheses explored 5. Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia compared 6. Acupuncture treatment of fibromyalgia and myofascial pain 7. Interdisciplinary pain management in fibromyalgia 8. Differential diagnosis: myofascial pain syndrome. 9. Microcurrent therapy in the treatment of fibromyalgia. 10. The metabolic rehabilitation of fibromyalgia patients 11. Integration: what seems to be helping? 12. Fibromyalgia: treating associated conditions 13. Bodywork approaches to fibromyalgia 14. A fibromyalgia protocol 15. Strain/counterstrain self-treatment for some FMS tender points Appendix: Keeping a record Index