This article is part of our comprehensive guide to living with fibromyalgia. Itch is not the symptom anyone expects to find on a fibromyalgia list.
If your child bends in ways that make other parents wince, and somebody has already told you it’s growing pains and they’ll grow out of
Beta blockers are the drug most people with POTS get handed first, usually before anyone has explained what they do, why the dose matters, or
Duloxetine, better known by the brand name Cymbalta, is one of the handful of drugs that actually has a licence for fibromyalgia behind it, and
If you’ve got fibromyalgia, there’s a good chance you’ve been handed a prescription for gabapentin at some point, usually with a line about calming down
Your heart races when you stand up, but it’s everything else that’s harder to explain. The visible shake in your hands. Surges that feel like
Three in the morning, and you’re lying there with one hand pressed against the back of your skull, trying to work out if your head
If you live with fibromyalgia, you have probably spent years being told your pain was something other than pain. That you were stressed, or run
Restless legs is far more common with fibromyalgia. What the evidence says on why, the real iron story, and why your current meds may be making it worse.
If you’ve got POTS, you already know the feeling. You stand up, and your heart takes off like you’ve just sprinted for a bus, except
It’s not uncommon for those with hypermobility to have difficulty with swallowing, voice, reflux, and last but not least, that maddening feeling of a lump
If you have hypermobility and your head is a regular problem, you’ve probably had it explained to you in one of two ways. Either it’s
If you have hypermobility and spend any time online, you’ve almost certainly run into the Body Braid. It’s that spiral elastic garment, the one that
A deep, chronological, critical review of the research on Pilates for chronic low back pain, hypermobility, and fibromyalgia. What the trials actually show, what they don’t, and what to look for if you’re considering it.
Yoga gets recommended for almost everything that aches, but what does the research really say? We look at the history, the evidence, how it compares with tai chi and Pilates, and what it means for fibromyalgia and hypermobility.
Chronic pain and intimacy for queer, trans and polyamorous people: community insight on HRT and libido, joint pain in queer sex, two disabled partners, and polyamory as a structural accommodation for chronic illness.
What hypermobility and EDS community members actually use during intimacy to protect joints, plus what the evidence says about kinesiology tape, braces, compression and props.
A practical pain management routine for intimacy with chronic pain. What to do before, during, and after, drawn from community experience and evidence based principles.
