Fibro Friday week 515

 WELCOME to Fibro Friday a link-up all about Fibromyalgia. It starts every Friday and runs almost all week. 

You will love these links if you are looking for alternative treatments and ideas for managing fibromyalgia and other chronic pain conditions. 

This week we have articles about sleep and chronic illness, spiritual and mindfulness practices, motivational tips, alternative treaments such as CBD oil, oxygen therapy and foot reflexology, disability pride, nutrition benefits and being old. 

While you are here please take this opportunity to have a look at previous week's link-ups.

	1.HOW PAIN CAN EFFECT YOUR SLEEP PATTERNS is full of interesting facts about sleep when you are living with chronic illness. 2. A Purposeful Path Through the Fog of Fibromyalgia describes how to align your daily life with a spiritual path.  3. Conquer Chronic Pain & Fatigue: 10 Expert Tips to stay motivated and lead a fulfilling life even when living in constant pain.  4. Increasing Social Activity For Wellbeing And Inspiration talks about the challenges of increasing social outings and activities when living with fibromyalgia. 5. The body scan and fibromyalgia: The What, Why and How of The Body Scan Meditation including a video and a book suggestion about this mindfulness practice. 6. Oxygen Therapy Update - Week Two is a sharing of personal experiences of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) sessions. It describes what a session is like and the improvements that have happened.  7. Foot Reflexology for Chronic Pain & Fibromyalgia descibes this alternative treatment and how it treats chronic ain.  If you have ever felt like you are walking on shards of glass all the time, or your feet and legs are swollen it will be useful to read this article. 8. Top Qs about Invisible Illnesses & Disability Pride Month answers some of the top questions people with invisible illnesses, including chronic pain and mental health issues, ask about disability pride, disability rights, and disability. 9. It doesn't take much is about looking after your health through eating nutritious meals with the extra motivation of doing it for your twin sister. (Both twins have fibromyalgia and other chronic conditions. 10. The only perk of being old. Find out what it is here. (At least for those living in Australia.  11. Breakthrough Study: Anarti’s Ayurvedic CBD Oil Shows Promising Results in reducing inflammation.