Fibromyalgi- What?

There’s good news for the more than six million sufferers of fibromyalgia, a chronic disorder that affects the muscles and skeletal system. Exercise can help relieve the pain.

You’re in a world of hurt and all you want to do is pull the covers over your head and make that world go away. Exhausted, depressed and frustrated, the last thing on your mind is exercise. Well, you know what they say about when the going gets tough—and fibromyalgia is a tough way to go.

Estimates suggest that this chronic condition affects between three to six million Americans, all but ten to twenty per cent of them women. Fibromyalgia can inflict havoc among sufferers who complain about widespread symptoms including, insomnia, depression, dizziness, anxiety, poor concentration, facial pain, irritable bowel and bladder, persistent pain in muscles, ligaments and tendons and pressure pain in the back of the head, upper back and neck, knees, elbows, hips and chest.

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