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Fibromyalgia syndrome : a practitioner's guide to treatment /

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Designed for anyone involved in the management of musculoskeletal pain, this practical guide to fibromyalgia syndrome and its treatment provides a multidisciplinary perspective on this multifaceted and frequently encountered syndrome. The updated and expanded 2nd edition rapidly distills contemporar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chaitow, Leon
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Baldry, Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh ; London ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 2003.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Fibromyalgia.
Fibromyalgia > therapy
Fibromyalgia > diagnosis
Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgie.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The history and definition of fibromyalgia
  • 2. Fibromyalgia's 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.