Recent content by JanieJane

Yes, it's weird the sensation I have. It varies from feeling I've pulled something, another day it can feel like it is an old bruise on the mend (though no bruise there)... to feeling something is swollen internally - each day there is something slightly different about it... djhsix, as it is...

Thanks for the tip about the phone consults - yes, I did think that it wouldn't do much to help right now. I'll hold on until we see a light at the end of the tunnel and things can start to get to a new normal, whatever that will be. Thanks again for all your tips/advice.

Hi JayCS, I did have an actual CE practitioner involved too, as well as the online information. I think when I first received the diagnosis of FM, I was seeing FM and my lifestyle/work as being 2 distinct things... Prior to CE I had just read information leaflets/books on FM that were very...

Thank you - that's all helpful x I am in more of a slight discomfort than pain but will monitor it. I will get it checked out but am just a bit wary at the moment because of the hospitals/doctors in crisis mode due to the pandemic. Will hang on a little bit, but will get it checked out - many...

Hi, I have just joined the forum, and what you describe is very similar to what I have been recently experiencing, except that the feeling (for me, sensation of stiffness rather than pain) does not move around and it always on the right side of the lower rib cage. I had thought I had just...

I feel that any physically sensitive area can be felt more with FM, alongside the 'no reason for this pain' aspect. But I remember a doctor telling me that we should not assume any particular pain is a FM pain, but get it checked out to make sure there is no other reason.

Many thanks for your reply, yes the scar tissue element is good to note - thank you

Hi, I am new to the forum, had FM for 20 years before finally getting a diagnosis a few years ago. I am well used to the FM stiffness and pain that can move around the body but more recently have had discomfort (not pain) at bottom of right rib cage in same place, now there all the time. I can...

I have found Alexander Technique to be really helpful for posture (and pain resulting from posture problems). Not a quick fix, you undertake a number of sessions to achieve benefits but I found them really worthwhile.