| It's been discovered that stress and pain are | | | | nutritious diet with lots of fruit and vegetables, |
| irreversibly linked to fibromyalgia. For some | | | | and avoiding sugar and alcohol. Also starting an |
| people, being under a lot of stress is what initally | | | | exercise routine with professional help can relieve |
| triggers it. Fibromyalgia symptoms sometimes | | | | pain as well as getting enough rest. You won't be |
| appear after a serious illness, or an emotional | | | | able to do as much and may feel worse if you |
| shock of some kind. Although not certain, a | | | | don't look after yourself before anything else. |
| genetic tendency toward fibromyalgia is possible, | | | | 2. Be aware of your body so you can recognize |
| and many people believe that stress is what | | | | when you are becoming stressed. Then you can |
| unmasks it. Therefore, it makes sense to reduce | | | | make use of relaxation techniques or exercise in |
| stress to relieve fibromyalgia pain. | | | | the early stages, before the stress gets out of |
| Fibromyalgia is believed to be a central nervous | | | | hand. Notice how you feel so you can determine |
| system disorder in which either pain-sensing | | | | where you feel stress first. Once you have that |
| nerves are extremely sensitive, or the brain is | | | | figured out, you can know when your body is |
| very sensitive to pain impulses. People with fibro | | | | feeling stressed. |
| have poor functioning of the body's system for | | | | 3. Keeping a journal can help you in find situations |
| responding to stress with brain chemicals like | | | | that cause tension so you can either avoid them |
| adrenalin and serotonin. | | | | in the future, or be better prepared to handle |
| It is very stressful just knowing you have | | | | them if they are unavoidable. Just writing about a |
| fibromyalgia. Chronic pain in muscles and joints, | | | | stressful event or situation in itself may help you |
| fatigue and mental cloudiness are what people are | | | | to release it. |
| trying to cope with. Because many people do not | | | | 4. Stress management techniques, such as deep |
| understand it, and don't see any outward obvious | | | | breathing, meditation, or spending quiet time |
| symptoms, they may not be as sympathetic as | | | | listening to soft music can help you relax. |
| they could be. | | | | 5. Physiotherapy, massage and stretching can |
| Learning how to cope with a chronic illness and | | | | reduce tension and stress and keep the pain to a |
| lifestyle changes is not an easy thing to do, and | | | | minumum as well. |
| anything added to it often means the fibromyalgia | | | | These are some was to reduce stress which |
| symptoms will tend to get worse. | | | | should help control fibromalgia pain as a result. |
| For these reasons stress reduction is crucial in | | | | Taking good care of yourself, which may require |
| managing your fibromyalgia. These ways may | | | | some lifestyle changes can reduce the incidents of |
| help alleviate some of it. | | | | flare-ups and give you a better quality of life. |
| 1. Take good care of yourself by eating a | | | | |