by Cort Johnson | Sep 15, 2017 | Homepage, Sleep, Treatment
Sleep disturbances and severe stress as glial activators: key targets for treating central sensitization in chronic pain patients?Jo Nijs,Marco L. Loggia,Andrea Polli,Maarten Moens,Eva Huysmans,Lisa Goudman, Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets Volume 21, 2017... 
by Cort Johnson | Sep 4, 2017 | Sleep, Treatment
Insomnia can be a terrible thing. Combine it with night sweats and you’ve in real trouble. Darden, who had both, was sleeping so little at night that she was near suicidal – until she came upon a simple, cheap practice that she says saved her life. Find... 
by Cort Johnson | Aug 31, 2017 | Sleep
Poor sleep is synonymous with both ME/CFS and fibromyalgia. We know it produces fatigue, pain, irritation and mood issues but recent studies suggest that may just be the beginning of the problem. In fact, they suggest that poor sleep may have profound effects on our... 
by Cort Johnson | May 20, 2017 | Homepage, Sleep, Treatment
Sleep deprivation is common in fibromyalgia and it doesn’t just cause fatigue. Studies show that losing sleep increases your pain sensitivity as well, and quickly; it took just two nights of fragmented sleep to significantly increase pain sensitivity in healthy... 
by Cort Johnson | Jan 22, 2017 | 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,... 
by Cort Johnson | Jun 8, 2016 | Sleep, Treatment
Almost 80% of ME/CFS and FM patients reported that insomnia was a major or moderate problem in Health Rising’s Sleep Survey. They also often report feeling “wired and tired”. Could the two be connected? And if they are, is there anything to be done...
