Fibromyalgia: Simple Relief Through Movement

by Stacie L. Bigelow

Book Overview

This caring and knowledgeable guide can

help you feel better--starting now

Fibromyalgia causes muscle stiffness and pain, debilitatingfatigue, and numerous other symptoms. Most frustrating of all, people with fibromyalgia syndrome don't look sick; standard testsfor injury or chemical imbalances often show nothing wrong. But ifyou suffer from fibromyalgia, you know that your disease is real, and so is your pain. It's natural to feel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471348023
• ISBN13: 9780471348023
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 4.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The Best!

I was concerned based on the review below that this book would disappoint me, but every concern vanished after reading it. Ms. Bigelow is motivating about movement, but does advocate rest. She does describe FMS as a neuro-endocrine suggestion and there are photographs of stretches, along with very specific exercise recommendations. A trustworthy, useful, refreshing reference!

I was so glad to find this book!

After being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, and then told I wasn't allowed to exercise, my body has become stiff and its even hard to bend over to pick something off the floor. I'm excited to see how this will help me - each of the stretches focuses on areas that are specifically difficult to move after the pain has set in.

Fibromyalgia - Movement vs Exercise

An excellent book on how to exercise if you suffer from Fibromyalgia. Offers specific strategies to reduce pain with a careful, gradual approach to movement & then exercise. Explains which movements & excercises to avoid, which one to try, how to deal with flare-ups, etc. I should have read this book years ago - it would have spared me a lot of pain ( & weight gain). If you have Fibromyalgia, you MUST read this book.

Anonymous additon to previous reviews.

You might mention the fact that this author has suffered from fibromyalgia since teenagehood. That she writes from experience and knows exercises which are gentle enough to help without causing additional discomfort and pain makes this book a rare find.

Fibromyalgia, Simple Relief Through Movement

This book has some very practical and safe exercises for persons with chronic pain. It offers sound advice that can be carried out at home without expense. This disease is very debilitating and some of the exercise programs that we try to enforce in this culture certainly are ill advised. Ms. Bigelow offers very good suggestions to the patient.