Winning at Fibromyalgia

Subtitled: The Power of Reframing In this episode, I dive into the power of reframing thoughts to alleviate chronic pain, particularly in fibromyalgia. Chronic pain originates in the brain's perception of threat, triggering a stress response. By learning to challenge and rewrite unhelpful beliefs, we can foster a sense of safety and improve our overall well-being. What You'll Learn: Why the brain...

Break ups generally suck, for many reasons. But one of the main reasons is that they cause us a lot of pain. And emotional pain is very closely related to physical pain. In this episode i am sharing new thoughts that helped me overcome the crushing pain of my most recent break up.

My patients often ask me: How do I know whether what I feel is my old fibromyalgia or something new and serious? in this episode I share my own recent experience after developing new symptoms of numbness tingling in R hand and R foot, how it freaked me out and what helped me feel better. The story is still evolving :-)

In this episode I give you suggestion on how to handle situation when you experience acute on top of chronic pain of fibromyalgia.

Episode 45: What does the pain relief in fibromyalgia really come down to?   Hello friends! So Excited to be here, brining you episode #45.   The focus of today’s episode is zeroing in on what is the pain reduction really about. I had an epiphany very recently and realized that I have to share it with you because it just may help some of you to think of pain relief in fibromyalgia and ot...

WAF Episode 44: The first of its kind, Winning at Fibromyalgia online course is born! https://www.martinaziegenbeinmdcoaching.com/course-pre-sale-landing-page https://www.martinaziegenbeinmdcoaching.com/offers/mgeMgobJ/checkout Hello friends!   Today is a special day. First of all, I am recording this from my “studio” in England and when it airs, I will still be in England!  Of course, I don...

Today's guest: Dr. Robyn Tiger Physician | Trauma-Informed Self-Care Coach | Podcaster Dr. Tiger shares so much good stuff it is hard to know where to start. Robyn Tiger, MD is on a mission to empower busy humans with self-care tools backed by science and research. She does a lot of work with physicians on the verge of burnout or coming out of burnout but the tools she discusses in this...

Episode 40: You experience an acute jolt of pain – now what? Welcome to episode 40 of WAF Podcast! I am recording this episode exactly on my podcast first anniversary! I launched The Winning at Fibromyalgia podcast exactly a year ago, October 15th 2021. It is now October 15th 2022. This is the 40th episode. I could choose to be upset over not giving you 52 episodes – one per week. But instead I am...

Episode 39: The pain of a break up is both emotional and physical   Hi! Welcome to episode #39!   Today I am going to talk about the pain of a break up! It is something I first heard about a year ago when I was taking pain reprocessing courses and at that time I found it fascinating. I was recently dating and it did not occur to me I would be “testing” on myself    Break ups hurt....

Episode 37: Weaving the threads (of Winning at fibromyalgia philosophy) together   Hello friends.   In the past few episodes I discussed individual pieces of the Core Winning at Fibromyalgia program. Today I am coming on here for a sweet short episode to recap, and emphasize the most important pieces and what I am doing about it.   I do strongly recommend listening to prior episodes...

You might wonder why we need to talk about self-compassion in pain reduction in fibromyalgia. What does it have to do with alleviating physical pain? Well, it turns out, a lot. Self-compassion is a way of soothing the over-agitated nervous system, that is amplifying our pain sensation on constant basis. We may not be directly to the part of our nervous system that amplifies the pain. WHen we pract...

Today we talk about somatic tracking as one of the core techniques on pain reduction.

in episode 32: I talk about embracing the concept of neuroplasticity - the fact that the brain can determine what hurts, how much and can also make it better/we can rewire the brain neuro pain pathways. ONe of the hallmarks of neuroplasticity is also the fact that the brain is wired for any sign of threat/danger. When it finds it, it can increase the sensitivity to pain and the pain perception its...

Episode 31: Winning at Fibromyalgia podcast   Well hello my friends! It has been a while! I have been MIA a little bit, for a good reason and I am back  I met someone special, his name is Greg and he has swept me off my feet, that’s all I will say for now.   I am coming on today to introduce you to my new, simplified version 2.0.1 of my Winning at fibromyalgia method. It is very powerfu...

Episode 30: With Dr. Saloni Sharma on Solutions for back pain   I was so excited to talk to Dr. Sharma about back pain. Back pain is one of the most common problems of humans in general, and it does frequently bother patients with fibromyalgia. Dr. Sharma is a dual certified in Physical Medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) and Pain management. She is medical director of the Orthopedic Integ...

Episode 29: why losing hope can torpedo your efforts at reducing pain from fibromyalgia   Well hello there my friends!   It has been a few weeks since I talked to you from my office in person  I brought several guests to you and I hope you loved the episodes.   Today I want to touch upon something that has been weighing on my mind last few days. I had a patient told me recently: “D...

Episode 28: Recovering from Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and chronic pain with dr. Susan Hughes   Dr. Susan Hughes is a board certified currently non-practicing family medicine physician who survived and recovered from traumatic brain and other body injuries 8 years ago. She reveals:   - how it was to get through trauma of a car accidents, subsequent fall out including difficulty reading...

Today I am bringing to you Dr. Nissa Keyashian, an adult psychiatrist practicing and living in San Jose, CA. Her generosity in sharing her expertise may prove to be the most consequential of my guest episodes. We talk about mindfulness and stillness - the basics of what it means and how to start practicing. STudies have shown that pain responds to stillness because that's when the "healing respons...

Episode 26: When sleep is a problem  Dr. Afolabi-Brown is a board-certified sleep medicine physician and pediatric pulmonologist, founder of Restful sleep MD. She empowers busy moms prioritize their sleep.  The struggle is real – pain and lack of refreshing sleep go hand in hand. We talked all things sleep: “It feels like I was hit by a truck”. Where do you even start when a client/patie...

In the second part of the interview, Dr. Clauw discusses use of opioids, CBD and THC in fibromyalgia, as well as exciting new avenues the research is heading (study of psychodelics and calorie restriction).   As always don't hesitate to contact me at admin@martinaziegenbeinmdcoaching.com or find me on facebook under Dr. Martina Ziegenbein Fibromyalgia Pain coaching!