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Saturday

14 Fibromyalgia articles for you to read

 WELCOME! 

Here you can discover 14 fascinating articles on Fibromyalgia that provide valuable insights and support. You will find honesty about living with this condition, encouragement to keep going, and understanding when you feel like you cannot. 

We are helping to raise Fibromyalgia awareness and hope you will too by sharing this post so that more people can find helpful information about living with Fibromyalgia.

While you are here you may want to check out last months Fibro articles at the fibro blogs of many great writers. 

March Fibromyalgia link up

Fibro Friday in March


From Fibro Friday in March week 538


Find out more about these fabulous sharing and caring bloggers at their Fibro blogs by clicking on their names above. 

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Do you have a video channel where you share information about fibromyalgia we would love you to link it up here. 

Videos about fibromyalgia from fibro bloggers


Nine interesting Fibromyalgia articles at Fibro Friday week 536

WELCOME to the Fibromyalgia link up in 2025.

You can learn so much about Fibromyalgia here... suggestions for diet improvements, activities that may help distract you from pain, tips for protecting your mental health, communication issues and tips for blogging when you have any chronic illness. 

These articles have all been written by men and women living with fibromyalgia and also other chronic illnesses. If you explore their blogs you will find a wealth of information. 

Fibromyalgia articles at Fibro Friday

 The Carb Conundrum: How one man is finding some reduction in his Fibromyalgia symptoms through dietary changes.


 The Surprising Benefits of Reading for Fibromyalgia:
Why You Should Snuggle Up with a Good Book is Sarah's suggestion for escaping stress and includes choosing the right book. 


 My plans and hopes for 2025. Beverley shares her goals for the year ahead which she sets as a strategy to help control her anxiety and achieve in small steps.
  


Please Don't Do Me Any Favors Communication means clarity, both ways. Sometimes that's slow and clunky and sometimes doesn't exist at all. Johanna shares her experience of trying to communicate her needs. 


 You're Doing All You Can, Now Chase Your Acorn. Dales neurologist shares his unusual prescription on coping with the challenges of fibromyalgia.  


 A Distraction Of Safari Park Photography has some great photos of animals that look stunning in black and white.
 

 Protecting your Mental Health in Winter. This article explains the Why and How of mental health and Beverley Butterfly shares her tips for getting through the darker, colder months.
 


When Fibro Forces You To Adapt To Stay CreativeDale explains changes he has made to photographic equipment so he can manage to keep doing his photography when living in pain.   
 

 Tips for Blogging with Chronic Illnesses. If you are considering blogging, these tips may help you.

Fibro Friday the Fibromyalgia link u
Thanks for joining in at Fibro Friday week 536
Dale from Fibro and Photos
Sarah from Musings on Life with Fibromyalgia
Beverley at Blooming Mindfulness
Johanna at Adventures of Motherhood

Thursday

The best Fibromyalgia articles of 2024

Here you will find interesting articles about Fibromyalgia on a wide variety of topics. All of these articles have been posted this year by fibro bloggers

best Fibromyalgia articles of 2024


Is Gabapentin for Fibromyalgia Safe? at Being Fibro Mom

Mom With Fibro: How I’m Pacing While Caring For My Toddler at Skillfully and Painfully Aware.



Fibromyalgia and Covid-19 at Living Creatively with Fibro


When you got no spoons everyone has to help! at Australian Sacrificial HomeKeeper

Merlin The Happy Heathen: Art For Fibromyalgia Interview at My Several Worlds


A day in the life of a Fibro warrior with Bettie G at Mandy and Michelle

The Best Type of Heat To Help You Feel Better at Pain Chronic Words Iconic 

How to get moving with fibromyalgia – Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 at the Invisible F


The Age Conundrum at Fibromy What?


Eyes and Fibromyalgia at Fibro Files

Couch to 5K with Fibromyalgia – an impossible mission? at Musings on Life with Fibromyalgia

Friday

Fibro Friday week 523

WELCOME and glad you could join us in promoting awareness and understanding of fibromyalgia. 

Thank you and thank you to these 4 great bloggers for joining in and welcoming us to their sites. 

Please use the social media buttons to spread the word about fibromyalgia and support some fibro blogs. 

Fibro Friday Fibromyalgia linky

1. Living With Fibro Is A Full Time Job is a post by Dale Rockell from his fibro blog Fibro & Photos. Find out more about why he thinks this 

2. SLEEP AND MEDITATION THERAPY. Find out why Barbara, aka blogger Bar, recommends this at her blog Back Pain UK. 

3. Fibromyalgia, Nutrivore and me is a post by Melissa. Find out how she follows the Nutrivore approach to benefit her health at her blog Going My Own Pace. 
 
4. No shanks as pony is a post describing Glenys's new experience with shanks pony. The phrase is a colloquial expression that has been used for centuries in the English language and has its roots in the rural areas of Britain. Read about this fibro bloggers involvement with it. 

Fibro Friday blog linky

You might be interested in more fibromyalgia articles written by men and women living with fibro. There are seven more here

Fibro Friday week 521

 WELCOME to Fibro Friday a link-up all about Fibromyalgia. We hope it helps others to understand more about Fibromyalgia and its many challenges. 

Fibro Friday blog linky

While you are here please take this opportunity to have a look at previous week's link-ups or share some of these fibro blogs on your own social media.

 The Constant Fibro Challenge Of Sleep has some simple suggestions for getting more sleep
  

A Journey Through The Fog A short fibro story describing a day in the life of someone with fibromyalgia.
  
 Things that make fibromyalgia worse is a video about delayed diagnosis and under treatment in Fibromyalgia. 
 
 Skin-Related Fibromyalgia Symptoms explains the why and what of skin conditions that are often seen with fibromyalgia.
 

Cooling Blanket Review is an honest review of the Marchpower cooling blanket. 
 

10 Tips for Newly Diagnosed Fibromyalgia Sufferers… has practical suggestions that you may not have considered to make your life easier.
 

A Primer for Pain Awareness Month This September includes what is chronic pain, its impact on daily life, treatment options, the impact on mental health and a free download on non verbal signs of pain.
  

Fibro Friday the fibromyalgia blog linky

Thank you for joining us today and thank you to 
Dale Rockell, 
This Fibro Chick, 
Melissa Reynolds, 
Sue Vickers, 
Cynthia the Disabled Diva, 
Blogger Bar 
and Carrie Kellenberger 
for sharing their fibro blog posts this week. 

Sunday

Raising Awareness of fibromyalgia - 11 articles

Thank you to all these excellent fibro bloggers working hard to help raise the awareness of fibromyalgia in their own special ways. We appreciate you sharing your stories, tips, news and research into this chronic pain condition. 

articles raising Awareness of fibromyalgia

CBD it's Benefits and Awareness Day 8th August. Barbara shares some info about CBD and its potential benefits in easing chronic pain in fibromyalgia. The article highlights the growing popularity of CBD products, which are now found in a wide range of everyday items from beverages to skincare. Once mainly embraced by cannabis enthusiasts, CBD is gaining traction in mainstream wellness for its potential to naturally relieve symptoms of anxiety, pain, insomnia, and other conditions.

Habits that help chronic illness. Melissa explains the wellness habits that she uses and the order in which she prioitises them to help her feel better when living with fibromyalgia and ME/CFS. The article discusses how living with chronic illness, particularly conditions like fibromyalgia and ME/CFS, reshapes the typical wellness order. For those affected, sleep and rest become the top priorities, forming the foundation for all other health goals.


Visiting the Pain Clinic includes Dale's positive experience when visiting the pain clinic, his realisations about what he is doing right to help reduce fibro symptoms and his recommendations for others. The experience reinforced the importance of self-management, preparation, and persistence—despite the physical toll the visit took... 


Oxygen Therapy. Dale gives us an update on this interesting therapy and his challenging week with a fibro flare and a therapy session and a chance to catch up with others who are trying this therapy. 


Fibromyalgia Explained: Thom explains Diagnosis, Treatments, and Coping Strategies for fibromyalgia and provides a comprehensive understanding of fibromyalgia, its symptoms, causes, and effective management strategies. 


Fibromyalgia Pain: Thom explains his view for the urgent need for comprehensive understanding and empathy from the medical community not just about the pain of fibromyalgia but about the misunderstandings and lack of adequate research and treatments.


Finding Myself after Fibromyalgia. Johanna recounts her difficult journey with fibromyalgia, from mysterious symptoms and fear to misdiagnoses and failed treatments. She describes the emotions and symptoms and ups and downs after being diagnosed with fibro and the realisations she has had. 
 

Fibromyalgia: The Invisible Disease. This Fibro Chick discusses all the aspects of invisibilty in fibromyalgia including the importance of addressing this problem.The article also explores the emotional and psychological impacts of living with a condition that others may not understand or believe.


Top tips for the newly diagnosed. Alisha shares tips from her fibro friends from all around the world who have fibromyalgia so that if you are newly diagnosed with fibro you will not feel so alone.


A Coloring Adventure for Spoonies My Several Worlds Coloring Adventure for Spoonies offers pages of inky delight to remind you that you are strong, beautiful, and uniquely you. You are NOT broken! This book is made for Spoonies by a full-time Spoonie who has been using art as a coping tool for chronic illness and chronic pain since 2009.


A little time to slumber is a poem by Glenys R. Hicks about her day when living with fibromyalgia and other chronic illnesses.

articles Raising Awareness of fibromyalgia


From Fibro Friday week 517

Friday

13 Fibromyalgia articles for you at Fibro Friday week 518

WELCOME to you and a big THANK YOU for visiting the fibro link up today. It would be wonderful if you could visit some of the links below. Just click on the purple coloured links to be taken to interesting articles about overheating, managing fibromyalgia and 4 children, mysteries and secrets of fibro and unique treatment ideas such as art therapy and oxygen therapy. You can also ask any fibro questions you might have of Jools at her blog. (No. 10). We even have a doctor joining in sharing his research into Fibromyalgia and neck pain (No. 12).

Thanks to everyone working hard to raise fibromyalgia awareness by sharing these articles here. 


1. Why Is Photography A Therapy For Life With Fibromyalgia? by Dale Rockell at Fibro & Photos. 

2. Oxygen Therapy Update - Week Five from Dale Rockell

3. Oxygen Therapy Q&A: What If I Have Ear Problems? from Dale Rockell

4. Navigating Fibromyalgia For Men: A Spiritual Journey of Love and Healing at Thom Byxbes Research Desk

5. Unveiling the Mysteries of Fibromyalgia at Thom Byxbes Research Desk

6. DRINK WATER TO HELP AVOID BACK PAIN… by Barbara at Back Pain Blog UK

7. Secrets of Fibromyalgia by Johanna at Adventures in Motherhood

8. Habits I prioritise as a mama of four with fibromyalgia by Melissa Reynolds at Going My Own Pace

9. Chronic Illness Joke Series: WASHING UP OVERLOAD! at Helen's Journey 

10. Ask me Anything about Fibromyalgia by Jools at My Life With Fibromyalgia

11. My thermostat's broken! by Glenys at australian Sacrificial Home Keeper

12. Key to the Fibromyalgia Syndrome Examination by John W. McFadden, M.D. and independent Fibromyalgia researcher at Research Gate

13. Art Therapy for Chronic Pain: How I Use Art To Thrive with Chronic Illness by Carrie Kellenberger at My Several Worlds


Fibro Friday linky week 518

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.


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Fibro Friday week 514 - Fibromyalgia articles for you

WELCOME to this weeks Fibro Friday. We are so glad you could call in today, in your busy schedule, to find out more about Fibromyalgia. We hope you find something of interest to you. Remember that there are many other weeks of Fibromyalgia articles here where you will discover amazing information written by those living with it.

Fibro Friday week 514

1. Tips for Dating Someone with Fibromyalgia. Things that can help you if your partner has fibro.

2. Fibromyalgia and Love: The Ultimate Guide to Physical Intimacy! by Thom Byxbe.

3. Chasing The Woodland Light - a metaphor for fibro life in the fibro community by photograher Dale. 

4. Oxygen Therapy Update - Week One where Dale is documenting his experience with 20 sessions of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in an attempt to reduce fibro symptoms.

5. HEALTH AWARENESS DAYS, weeks & for the month of August 2024 by Blogger Bar.

6. Migraine Relief Without Medication: A List of Stuff To Help Your Headache. This is the ultimate guide to stuff that might make migraines more manageable compiled by Janet Jay.

7. Chiropractic for fibromyalgia. Melissa explains how chiropractic care has helped her fibro symptoms including the big tangible result. 


 Fibromyalgia articles

8 absorbing Fibromyalgia articles

WELCOME to this week’s Fibro Friday ~ the one and only link up for people who blog about Fibromyalgia. We're so glad you are here as you can learn a lot about Fibromyalgia. 

This week features eight insightful blog posts offering wisdom, personal stories, and practical advice for living with fibromyalgia. Each article provides a unique lens into fibromyalgia life—blending inspiration, realism, and solidarity.

 1. "Tips for Dating Someone with Fibromyalgia" talks about understanding fibromyalgia, communication, using positive reinforcement, creating a safe place, supporting individuality, encouraging self-care and more.

2. "Winning at Life" is about the power of resilience when going through tough times. It is a motivational piece that celebrates the power of resilience, purpose, and joy in overcoming life’s challenges. It compares life to adventures, gardens, tapestries, and mountains to illustrate that true success comes not from avoiding hardships but from growing through them with determination and a positive spirit.

3. "Ouch! Why your words may be hurting you", by Zena Hockley explores how the language we use to describe chronic pain can directly impact how we experience it. Zena, who lives with fibromyalgia, shares her journey from suffering with debilitating pain to finding relief through mindset shifts and the mind-body approach to healing.

4. The article "Never Stop Researching Or Learning" highlights the importance of ongoing self-education and curiosity when living with chronic conditions like fibromyalgia. The author shares a personal story of discovering potential answers to their symptoms while listening to podcasts. Dale uses proactive learning and information-sharing as powerful tools in managing Fibromyalgia and improving quality of life.

5. In "Twenty six of the best Tips to help with the Pain of Fibromyalgia" Barbara shares the tips she has collected and used over her many years of living and thriving with Fibromyalgia. Topics include cooking, dietary changes and work/life balance.

6. The article "The Complexity of Exercise with fibromyalgia and me/cfs" by Melissa Reynolds explores the often misunderstood challenges of incorporating exercise into life with chronic conditions like fibromyalgia, ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), and hypermobility. She covers how exercise isn't simple for people with these conditions, her Personal journey and lifelong love for movement and how Micro-movement matters

7. The article "6 Tips for Travelling with Fibromyalgia" by Julie Ryan offers practical advice and personal insights on how to manage travel while living with fibromyalgia or other chronic illnesses. Based on her own experience, she highlights how easily travel can become exhausting and offers key strategies to reduce stress and discomfort. Her 6 tips show that traveling with fibromyalgia is absolutely possible—with the right planning and accommodations. Julie’s approach emphasizes self-care, pacing, and preparedness to help ensure a more enjoyable and less physically taxing trip

8. "We Walk That Path Together" is a deeply personal reflection that shares the struggles of a couple, Chris and Glenys, as they navigate life with chronic illness—particularly fibromyalgia, diabetes, and chronic fatigue. Despite getting a full night’s sleep, they both wake up exhausted, experiencing widespread aches, brain fog, and a deep sense of depletion. Discover what gives them strength in walking this difficult path side by side at Gleny's blog.


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Thank you to our wonderful writers: 
Zena Hockley - her Linkedin Profile  
Dale Rockell at Fibro & Photos
Blogger Bar at Back Pain Blog 
Melissa Reynolds at Going My Own Pace 
Julie Ryan at Counting My Spoons 

Wednesday

This week's Fibromyalgia articles - week 511


Here are 10 excellent articles on fibromyalgia written by individuals who truly understand the condition. Discover some intriguing alternative treatment options you may not have explored yet. 



1. The Single Focus Of Medical Professionals By Dale Rockell at Fibro & Photos.
"The point of this post is to share the reaction of the Dr when I mentioned that my theory was that my challenges with my vision was a symptom of my central sensitivity/Fibromyalgia."

2. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Update & Schedule For Intensive Sessions Some background information on these therapy sessions to reduce fibromyalgia symptoms. 


3. CAN SPINAL CORD STIMULATORS HELP YOU TAKE FEWER PAINKILLERS?… explains the advances in spinal cord stimulators to help people with back pain. By Blogger Bar at Back Pain Blog UK. 


 4. 8 Ways Chronic Pain Changes You ~ "
There are many ways chronic pain changes you, but today I’ve decided to focus on eight basic facts about life with pain." From Carrie at My Several Worlds.


 5. My Diagnostic Nightmare involves increased symptoms, including extreme fatigue, strange blood test results, visits to many specialists and the E.D. and no diagnosis. Johanna describes her experiences and writes a letter to the Emergency Department that she visited. 


 6. The Healing Power for Men: Navigating Fibromyalgia expounds on how fibromyalgia affects men and has stories of how the healing power of love helped men with fibro. From Thom Byxbe's research Desk.


 7. The Healing Power of Love: Navigating Pain with Compassion explores the ability of love to heal when one partner is living with Fibromyalgia.


 8. Chiropractic has helped my chronic pain Melissa shares how chiropractic treatment has helped her pain symptoms over the last eight months. 


 9. Not any time soon is about the experience of a family, living with multiple chronic illnesses, all catching RSV -which is Respiratory syncytial virus.


 10. 
Fibromyalgia Relief and Ancient Chinese Medicine: Tai Chi, Acupuncture, and Tui Na an indepth article written by Dr. Paula Bruno, Ph.D., L.Ac.

Thank you to everyone who joined in at Fibro Friday week 511 sharing your wonderful sites and raising fibromyalgia awareness. We love visiting all the fibro blogs. 

If you would like to join in and share a post of yours about fibromyalgia you can do so each week at the Fibro Friday link up. 
 
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Friday

Fibro Friday week 506

 WELCOME to week 506 at the Fibromyalgia link up. 

So pleased you are here to visit these links and find out more about Fibromyalgia.

It is great to see different fibro blogs, from men and women with fibromyalgia, represented here this week. 

Fibro Friday week 506

1. Pacing Is Like A Freight Train at Fibro & Photos
  
2. Conquer Chronic Pain & Fatigue: 10 Expert Tips! 
 
  
4. 5 tips for the newly diagnosed mama with fibromyalgia at Going My Own Pace
 
5. Fibromyalgia Art Therapy Interviews on My Several Worlds  

6. Twenty Tips for Newly diagnosed Fibromyalgia Sufferers at Back Pain Blog

7. Bereavement One Year On at Creative Fibro
  
8. You Can't Boycott Medication at Adventures in Motherhood
  
9. Where Does it Hurt? at Mandy and Michelle
  
  
11. Understanding Internal Tremors in Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS
at FND HEALTH  

If you would like to join in our latest Fibro link up please go HERE 

Fibro Friday week 506

Monday

Latest fibromyalgia blogger articles

You can gain deeper insight into fibromyalgia with these informative articles. People living with fibro share their personal experiences, shedding light on the ways this chronic pain condition impacts their lives and those around them. This week we have four articles on food and many other helpful subjects including recent fibromyalgia research, how to handle the holidays, and using a symptom tracker and foods.
Latest fibromyalgiaarticles

This includes both global and UK awareness days at Back Pain Blog UK. Have you heard of Blue Monday or Paget's disease?

Melissa vs Fibromyalgia explains how to plan your day using pacing.

Dale talks about his exeriences with yoga including the benefits he sees and how to begin. 

Baking Cookies with Fibromyalgia... Or Not is about the difficulties and decisions of baking cookies and keeping up family traditions.

How Chronic Pain Warriors Handle The Holidays is a friendly letter style post about one persons thoughts around how they view and also manage the holidays, her wishes and memories and how she sees herself. 

Did you know that ''sending a blessing benefits both the bless-or and the bless-ee. It has a transformational effect on both you and the recipient.''

Is where Susan talks about the difficult year she had in 2023... a death in the family, perimenopause symptoms, deression and grieving.

''Black, white, green, oolong, rooibos, flavoured, herbal. Loose leaf or bagged. Milk and sugar or straight up. Tea comes in many varieties and the steps to crafting the perfect cuppa have been hotly debated for years. Black tea is the UK’s most popular type and confers the most benefits, but however you take it, you’ll be glad to know there will be at least a few extra perks besides the comforting taste. Here are x surprising health benefits of drinking tea. Put the kettle on, grab a cuppa and enjoy!''

In this article we find out about the lions message for humanity.

''Despite its prevalence, fibromyalgia remains a complex and poorly understood condition with no known cure. However, significant research efforts are underway to unravel the mysteries of this chronic pain syndrome. Here’s a snapshot of the current state of fibromyalgia research.''

According to this article living with fibromyalgia can be made easier by following an anti-inflammatory eating plan. It lists the inflammatory foods to avoid so you can help reduce pain levels and improve nutrition.
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Omega 3 is crucial for managing fibromyalgia. Read this article to find out its hidden benefits, foods that contain it and why flaxseeds in your diet can make a significant difference to your pain. 

A christian women's persective on ways to overcome the depression caused by living with fibromyalgia and other chronic illnesses. 

From Fibro Friday week 483
  1. 10 Health Awareness Days for January 2024
  2. How To Use Your Symptom Tracking to Plan Your Day (Pacing Well)
  3. Fibro And The ‘Y’ Word!
  4. Baking Cookies with Fibromyalgia... Or Not
  5. How Chronic Pain Warriors Handle The Holidays
  6. Biology of Blessing
  7. When Everything Collides
  8. 10 Surprising Health Benefits Of Tea Drinking
  9. The Unyielding Majesty of the Lion’s Roar
  10. Fibromyalgia and the Current State of Research
  11. 10 Foods That Cause Fibromyalgia Symptom Flare-ups
  12. Why Omega 3 is so important when living with fibromyalgia?
  13. Sufficient to the day
Latest fibro blogger articles