Mind Your Fibromyalgia Podcast

Episode 18 - Nutrition for Fibromyalgia - overview - what to eat, what to avoid Please Rate , Review, & Follow this podcast. This episode continues education on self-management of fibromyalgia and other chronic pain conditions. Food and nutrition are an essential part of your well-being. Proper nutrition is also essential if you have autoimmune diseases, like lupus or RA, or other chronic diso...

Episode 17 - Why is nutrition so vital for your health and fibromyalgia? Please Rate , Review, & Follow this podcast. This episode continues education on self-management of fibromyalgia and other chronic pain conditions. Food and nutrition are an essential part of your well-being. Proper nutrition is also essential if you have autoimmune diseases, like lupus or RA, or other chronic disorders....

Episode 16 - Fibromyalgia Pain Science Education -   Catastrophizing pain and symptoms Please Rate , Review, & Follow this podcast. This episode continues pain science education of fibromyalgia and other chronic pain .  Today we are talking about catastrophizing thoughts,  what they are, why you have them, how they affect pain and fibro, and how you can unlearn this way of thinking.   Catastro...

Episode 15 - Men & Fibromyalgia. It is real. Underdiagnosed and undertreated. Please Rate , Review, & Follow this podcast. Although fibromyalgia affects more women, about 10% of fibromyalgia patients are men. I think it is underreported and underdiagnosed. This episode covers how fibromyalgia symptoms differ in men and women. Then we will discuss the impact of Fibro on men's lives, re...

Episode 14 - Fibromyalgia Pain Science Education -   Mind-Body Practice - Somatic Tracking - How to do it - PART 2 - SCRIPT Please Rate , Review, & Follow this podcast. This episode continues pain science education of fibromyalgia .  How to do somatic work, using mindfulness technique called somatic tracking. This episode #13  - part 1 -  deconstructs the script and explains exactly how to do...

Episode 13 - Fibromyalgia Pain Science Education -   Mind-Body Practice - Somatic Tracking - How to do it - PART 1 Please Rate , Review, & Follow this podcast. This episode continues pain science education of fibromyalgia .  How to do somatic work, using mindfulness technique called somatic tracking. This episode #13  - part 1 -  deconstructs the script and explains exactly how to do it.    Pa...

Episode 12 - Fibromyalgia Pain Science Education -   Mind-Body Practice - Somatic Tracking Please Rate , Review, & Follow this podcast. This episode continues pain science education of fibromyalgia .  Because pain involves both the mind and the body, mind-body therapies may have the capacity to alleviate pain by changing the way you perceive it. If you've been in pain for a while, your br...

Episode 11 - Fibromyalgia Pain Science Education - Fear & Pain Cycle Please Rate , Review, & Follow this podcast. This episode continues pain science education of fibromyalgia .  In fibromyalgia, the normal pre-wired by nature to feel fear or danger signals is dysregulated. The nervous system is more sensitive and gets activated more frequently into a danger state, the flight or fight resp...

Episode 10 - Fibromyalgia Pain Science Education - - Fibro Pain and Neuroplasticity Please Rate , Review, & Follow this podcast. This episode continues pain science education of fibromyalgia .  Neuroplasticity is a general umbrella term that refers to the brain's ability to modify, change, and adapt in structure and function throughout life and response to experience. The brain cells and...

Episode 9 - Fibromyalgia Pain Science Education - Stress part 3 Please Rate , Review, & Follow this podcast. This episode continues pain science education of fibromyalgia .  We continue the discussion about how pain and stress are related. You need to understand that thoughts and beliefs influence the degree of pain, severity, and coping with pain.  Automatic thoughts – frequently occurring, s...

Episode 8 - Fibromyalgia Pain Science Education - Stress part 2 Please Rate , Review, & Follow this podcast. This episode continues pain science education of fibromyalgia . We continue the discussion about how pain and stress are related. Our brain appraises every situation we encounter through primary and secondary appraisals. Every situation, experience, circumstance, and body sensation, inc...

Episode 7 - Fibromyalgia Pain Science Education - Stress part 1 This episode continues pain science education of fibromyalgia. We start the discussion about how pain and stress are related. Many of my patients tell me that they experience fibro flares when they are under a lot of stress. Stress is a situation that is difficult to cope with, and that creates a reaction in the body – physical, menta...

Episode 6 - Fibromyalgia Pain Science Education: what do toddlers, a magic trick, and fibro pain have in common? This episode starts the pain education series. In this episode, I am talking about the foundation of pain science. Most of us think of pain as directly linked to body damage or tissue injury. I will explain how pain does not necessarily mean damage. Anticipation of pain, stress, emotion...

Episode 5 - Fibromyalgia treatment - Do you care for yourself? 6 types of self-care This episode focuses on self-care. It is not as simple as eating well and exercising. Learn more about why self-care is essential and what you need to do to embrace it. www.rheumcoach.com    - my website www.rheumcoach.com/FibroCard - Download your free copy  of the "Fibromyalgia is real" postcard to shar...

Episode 4 Fibromyalgia treatment - what can you do right now?

Episode 3 Fibromyalgia treatment overview.  Fibro symptoms are due to the brain processing problem. To help the brain to learn how to process pain in correct way you to rewire the brain using three pillars or columns of fibro treatment: education, self care and pain control. Although medications may help, fibro treatment is not that simple.  You can see the full transcript:   https://www.buzzsprou...

Episode 2 - How is fibromyalgia diagnosed?  Fibromyalgia is a real, painful condition. The latest guidelines for diagnosis were published in 2016 and you can find them below. To be diagnosed with fibro, you need to have at least three months of widespread pain or pain all over with other fibro symptoms. Other conditions that may mimic fibro need to be excluded, but you can have fibromyalgia  along...

Episode 1 - What is fibromyalgia? The first episode of the podcast covers the fibro basics - what is fibromyalgia, who is at risk of developing fibromyalgia, and the symptoms. You can see the full transcript:   https://www.buzzsprout.com/1890983/9580631-what-is-fibromyalgia www.rheumcoach.com - my website www.rheumcoach.com/FibroCard - Download your free copy of the "Fibromyalgia is real&quot...

The season 1  Trailer, aka End of the Season 1 Reflection I am recording the podcast trailer a bit later than I should have. I am approaching the 1st anniversary of releasing my first episode. I announced my 1st episode to the world on November 30th, 2021.   What I envisioned as a resource for my clinic patients has grown into a project I had no idea it would become. It has been listened to in 87...