Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Practitioners Guide

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Comprehensive overview of this epidemiologically significant condition. Describes the most effective multidisciplinary approaches to treatment. An invaluable source of information for all practitioners. - By Leon Chaitow (2003) 261 pages + CDRom

Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is still regarded as a 'new condition'. It was only officially recognised and defined as a syndrome by the World Health Organisation in 1990. Since then much research has been undertaken and the pool of knowledge and understanding about the condition has grown rapidly although much remains unsolved.

FMS is a complex syndrome and sufferers may experience a wide variety of symptoms, either alone or in combination, from headaches and fadigue to widespread muscular pain or irritable bowel syndrome. The symptom which is common to all patients is musculoskeletal pain.

FMS is estimated to be the second commonest condition encountered in clinics for the treatment of chronic pain and it is now recognised that many people who initially present with chronic low back pain (the commonest presentation) may go on to develop FMS.

This high prevalence of FMS in the general population is regarded as highly significant and has major implications for the provision and funding of relevant health care.

Because of the wide variety of presenting symptoms many different clinicians and therapists become involved in the treatment and management of FMS patients. Fibromyalgia Syndrome - a practitioner's guide to treatment aims to help those practitioners to recognise the syndrome and to plan effectively for its appropriate treatment and management.

Key Features

- Aims to help the practitioner to identify FMS - a multifaceted syndrome which can present in many different ways.

- Provides a guide to all aspects of fibromyalgia syndrome including possible causation, diagnosis and management.

- Presents a multidisciplinary view of the problems presented by the syndrome and the different approaches to management.

- Written by a well-known osteopath with contributions from experts from other health professions.

- References the latest research findings and relates them to clinical practise.

- Contains information on current conventional and complementary approaches to treatment including approaches from acupuncture.

New to this edition

- Clinically important new chapters on 'Differential diagnosis': myofascial pain syndrome and Microcurrent therapy in the treatment of fibromyalgia.

- Now includes a CD-ROM containing video clips and narrative which explain how to asses and diagnose the syndrome as well as demonstrating techniques for treatment and providing a complete electronic copy of the printed text.

Date reviewed

29/12/2003

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