Fibromyalgia questions

[Granny_Weatherwax]

If you have chronic pain or fibromyalgia, what do you do to ease the pain other than medication?

 

I've been soaking my feet in epsom salts to help alleviate ankle pain. I do stretches as I am able. What other homeopathic things can I do?

 

What does and doesn't work for you?

[Ravin]

The number one thing we do with DD is keep her moving. I try and encourage her to wear sensible shoes (i.e. her Nikes, not her pretty boots she got at Goodwill or her narrow-heeled sandals) if we are going to be doing a lot of walking.

 

She can't usually tolerate massage (because of sensitive pressure points), so we don't do that. Heat or ice sometimes helps--ice if there's a chance she actually has an acute injury, heat for anything obviously chronic. That can be a heating pad (we have a microwaveable one) or a hot bath/shower. When we buy a house, the first improvement on the list if it doesn't have one already is a jacuzzi/hot tub.

 

We are also working on learning to tolerate and ignore pain when appropriate (i.e., when you know it's fibro pain and not injury pain).

[IfIOnly]

Removed food allergies. Huge. Met several people whose pain was much better after testing for and removing allergens.

 

Crocs shoes or my feet ache like I'm 9 months pregnant at the end of the day

 

Comfortable bed-for me that's a latex mattress

 

Comfort pads at all sinks and laundry room, where I spend most of my time standing.

 

Showers and baths, sometimes two or three a day.

[Granny_Weatherwax]

Removed food allergies. Huge. Met several people whose pain was much better after testing for and removing allergens.

 

Crocs shoes or my feet ache like I'm 9 months pregnant at the end of the day

 

Comfortable bed-for me that's a latex mattress

 

Comfort pads at all sinks and laundry room, where I spend most of my time standing.

 

Showers and baths, sometimes two or three a day.

 The bolded makes me smile because that is what I am wanting to do. Go hang out in the shower and just let the hot water run over me.

 

Thank you for the tips, both of you. I appreciate it.

[melmichigan]

Fibromyalgia is so different from one person to another.  For me, massage, movement, and moist heat (showers, whirlpool, sauna, moist heating pads) help.  It's gotten to where I actually have to be careful with temperatures, because I like it so hot.

[foronemoresoul]

Swimming helps me tremendously. It's really the only exercise that doesn't cause me additional pain.