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Alternative Treatments
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In memory of my mother,
Vivian Skelly, 1927–2006
HELEN
To Rich, with love
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Skelly, Mari.
Alternative treatments for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome /
Mari Skelly and Helen Walker. — 2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-89793-472-5
ISBN-10: 0-89793-472-5
1. Fibromyalgia—Alternative treatment. 2. Chronic fatigue syndrome—
Alternative treatment. I. Walker, Helen, 1968– II. Title.
RC927.3.S54 2006
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Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Mari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Helen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Chapter 1 ✤ Beginnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Mari’s Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The New Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Sound Advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
How to Use This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 2 ✤ Understanding Fibromyalgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
What Is Fibromyalgia? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
What Causes Fibromyalgia? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Formal Diagnosis and Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The Challenges of Obtaining a Diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
A Patient’s Story: Monique B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Dispatches from the FM Frontlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Sleep Deprivation and the Stress Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
A Patient’s Story: Tom O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 3 ✤ Understanding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome . . . . . . 26
What Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
What Causes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Symptoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
A Patient’s Story: Janet L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Formal Diagnosis and Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Dispatches from the CFS Frontlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Additional Potential Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 v
A Patient’s Story: Karin L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS FOR FIBROMYALGIA & CFS
Chapter 4 ✤ Conditions That May Accompany FM and CFS . . . 44
Chronic Myofascial Pain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Conditions Associated with FM and CFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
A Patient’s Story: Mary R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Chapter 5 ✤ Healing Begins with You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
A State of Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Choosing the Right Doctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
The Doctor-Patient Relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Your Rights and Responsibilities as a Patient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Your Healing Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
A Patient’s Story: Carola M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Really Resting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Your Energy Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Driving: When Is It Time to Pull Over? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Chapter 6 ✤ Family and Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Your Friendship Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Helping Your Friends and Family Understand Your Illness . . . . . 80
Telling Your Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Having a Sexual Relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Children of FM and CFS Patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Your Circle of Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
A Patient’s Story: Diane K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Caregivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Chapter 7 ✤ Conventional Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Perspectives for Pain Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Finding a Winning Combination for FM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Managing Pain with Narcotics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Prescribing Narcotics: A Doctor’s Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
A Patient’s Story: Linda M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Physical Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Therapeutic Ultrasound, TENS, and CES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Biofeedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Good Sleep Hygiene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
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Chapter 8 ✤ Chiropractic, Osteopathy, and Bodywork . . . . . . . 111
Chiropractic Technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
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Contents
Getting Relief with Osteopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Massage Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Trigger Point Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Reflexology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
The Feldenkrais Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Hanna Somatics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Chapter 9 ✤ Exercise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Get Moving (Gently)! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Exercise for People Living with FM or CFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
FM- and CFS-Friendly Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
A Patient’s Story: Gerry L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Ease into Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Chapter 10 ✤ Eastern Medicine and Healing Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Connecting with Life Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Acupuncture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Chinese Herbal Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
A Patient’s Story: Ellen J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Ayurveda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Yoga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Tai Chi and Qigong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Chapter 11 ✤ Energetic Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Reiki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Quantum-Touch™: “The Issues Are in Your Tissues” . . . . . . . . . 158
Kinesiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Energy Psychology: Thought Field Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
A Patient’s Story: Stephanie E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Meditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Visualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Chapter 12 ✤ Nutrition, Naturopathy, Homeopathy,
and Aromatherapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Eating for Optimum Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
You Are What You Drink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
A Patient’s Story: Erin P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
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Naturopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Homeopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180