With over 300,000 copies sold, the popularity of Devin Starlanyl's book, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain, has demonstrated the widespread demand for reliable material on this subject. If you or someone you love is struggling with fibromyalgia, her new book, The Fibromyalgia Advocate, offers a wealth of practical suggestions for dealing with an often skeptical medical establishment and getting the help and support you need.
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...Starlanyl (Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain Syndrome: A Survival Manual, LJ 9/15/96) offers an impassioned, in-depth manifesto for FMS and myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) patients that explores the wide spectrum of traditional and alternative approaches to these two disorders. Herself a physician living with both FMS and MPS, Starlanyl gives the reader valuable information for working with various health specialists through numerous "data sheets" geared to a particular practitioner, e.g., the cardiologist or dentist. Although her book would seem to accept uncritically many experimental therapies for FMS and MPS, Starlanyl argues that in medicine "hardening of the attitudes" is a common response of clinicians who lack a true understanding of these two painful conditions. Well referenced, with an extensive index but no illustrations, this is essential for every consumer health collection. Lisa McCormick, Health Sciences Lib., Jewish Hosp., Cincinnati
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best help for those newly diagnosed with fibromyalgia,
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This review is from: The Fibromyalgia Advocate: Getting the Support You Need to Cope with Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Syndrome (Paperback)
I found this book to be greatly helpful in educating me in what is fibromyalgia and how to get the help I need. My primary care physician saw I was reading it and asked what they recommended. I take it with me to all Dr. appts and have had no problem getting the help I need to live a productive life with the pain. It has also helped me to understand why things are the way they are, such as the carbohydrate bingeing. I highly recommend this book to anyone with fibromyalgia.
55 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
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Only book needed for the FMS sufferer,
By Dan Petrowski (dpetrowski@hotmail.com) (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Fibromyalgia Advocate: Getting the Support You Need to Cope with Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Syndrome (Paperback)
I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia (FMS) last week after a three month process. This book is extremely conprehensive in all aspects of how one must live and cope with FMS. It gave me insights into what I have been experiencing and helps me to ask the right questions of my doctor, helps me explain my condition to my employer, and made me aware of my rights as someone living with an "impairment" that few understand. Anyone with FMS MUST own and read this book.
54 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent,
By Linda Manley (Vermont) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Fibromyalgia Advocate: Getting the Support You Need to Cope with Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Syndrome (Paperback)
I found Devin's book to be very helpful. The book is filled with information which should help us learn more about how we can help ourselves. I really like the worksheet chart which can be used to show our doctors where the pain is on a daily basis. I beleive Devin is doing more than many doctors to make sure those of us with Fibromyalgia are heard and helped.
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If you have fibromyalgia (FMS), chronic Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS), or both (FMS/MPS Complex), you are unusually challenged. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
guaifenesin therapy, proprioceptor disturbances, aberrant central pain mechanisms, chronic primary fibromyalgia, hidden perpetuating factors, ropy bands, major perpetuating factor, myofascial pain syndrome, pain syndrome due, altered nociception, fibromyalgia syndrome, electromagnetic sensitivity, referral zones, female urethral syndrome, myofascial trigger points, pain load, reactive hypoglycemia, fibromyalgia patients, nonmalignant pain, active trigger points, peripheral modulation, neurotransmitter dysregulation, paradoxical breathing, glucose counterregulation, localized sweating Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Social Security, Trigger Point Manuals, The Lower Body, Arth Rheum, Musculoskel Pain, Clin Rheumatol, Janet Travell, Survival Manual, David Simons, American Society of Addiction Medicine, Cranio-Sacral Release, Devin Starlanyl, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Advocate's Reading List, Disabilities Act, New Harbinger Publications, References Bendtsen, San Antonio, Symptom Mapping Creature Chart, United Way, Alegre Lopez, Alonso Valdivieso, Mastering the Zone, Rehabil Med, Arch Phys Med Rehab New!
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If you have fibromyalgia (FMS), chronic Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS), or both (FMS/MPS Complex), you are unusually challenged. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
guaifenesin therapy, proprioceptor disturbances, aberrant central pain mechanisms, chronic primary fibromyalgia, hidden perpetuating factors, ropy bands, major perpetuating factor, myofascial pain syndrome, pain syndrome due, altered nociception, fibromyalgia syndrome, electromagnetic sensitivity, referral zones, female urethral syndrome, myofascial trigger points, pain load, reactive hypoglycemia, fibromyalgia patients, nonmalignant pain, active trigger points, peripheral modulation, neurotransmitter dysregulation, paradoxical breathing, glucose counterregulation, localized sweating Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Social Security, Trigger Point Manuals, The Lower Body, Arth Rheum, Musculoskel Pain, Clin Rheumatol, Janet Travell, Survival Manual, David Simons, American Society of Addiction Medicine, Cranio-Sacral Release, Devin Starlanyl, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Advocate's Reading List, Disabilities Act, New Harbinger Publications, References Bendtsen, San Antonio, Symptom Mapping Creature Chart, United Way, Alegre Lopez, Alonso Valdivieso, Mastering the Zone, Rehabil Med, Arch Phys Med Rehab New!
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- Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction, Vol. 1: The Trigger Point Manual, The Upper Extremities by Janet Travell on 27 pages
- The Tao of Conversation by Michael Kahn on 5 pages
- Belonging: Guidebook to Overcome Loneliness on page 249, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Daily Relaxer by Patrick Fanning on page 275, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Biochemical Messengers by Hardie in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain: A Survival Manual (2nd Edition) by Devin J. Starlanyl on 9 pages
- What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibromyalgia : The Revolutionary Treatment That Can Reverse The Disease by R. Paul St. Amand on 5 pages
- The Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome/Dysautonomia Survival Guide by Cheryl Durante on 4 pages
- Alternative Treatments for Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Insights from Practitioners and Patients by Mari Skelly on page 22, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Alternative Treatments for Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Insights from Practitioners and Patients by Mari Skelly on page 22, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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