by Cort Johnson | Mar 4, 2017 | Doctors, Fibromyalgia, Homepage, Treatment
Health Rising continues its series of blogs on basic aspects of fibromyalgia with a look at which kinds of doctors help and don’t help. From general practitioners to physiatrists (pain specialists) people with FM see a wide variety of practitioners who range...
by Cort Johnson | Feb 15, 2017 | Ampligen, Homepage, Supplements, Treatment
Treatments are, of course, where the rubber meets the road. The Oct 2016 conference featured a different chemotherapy/autoimmune drug that appears to be helping, a drug that helped one ME/CFS/POTS patient to fully recover, how exercise tests may be uncovering drug...
by Cort Johnson | Feb 10, 2017 | Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage, Opioid drugs, Opioids
Twenty billion dollars a year… That’s how much Americans in chronic pain spend on prescription pain-killers every year. Most of these are opioid drugs, but the increasing regulatory burden foisted on them and the growing realization of how ineffective and...
by Cort Johnson | Jan 30, 2017 | Homepage, Treatment
I came across a powerful practice the other day that I wanted to share. Used by coaches associated with Landmark Education it involves a subtle but powerful shift in how we approach major goals like getting healthy. First they have their clients envision their big...
by Darden Burns | Jan 24, 2017 | Coping, Diet, Homepage, Mind/body, Pacing, Treatment
Thanks once again to Darden for allowing Health Rising to republish an article (originally titled “Lifestyle Recommendations for Optimal Health” from her Fibrofriends blog As a person whose health has been compromised by chronic illness for many years I...
by Cort Johnson | Jan 22, 2017 | Alternative Health, Fibromyalgia, Sleep, Treatment
It sounds absolutely crazy, but some people swear that sleeping or lying on “beds of nails”; i.e. acupressure mats embedded with thousands of hard plastic points – actually improves their energy, helps them to relax and to sleep better. . In fact,...