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Mind Your Fibromyalgia Podcast Olga Pinkston MD
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- Health & Fitness
Mind Your Fibro podcast is dedicated to fibromyalgia.Dr. Olga Pinkston, the host and board-certified rheumatologist, discusses up-to-date information about fibro, its treatment, and the biology and psychology of this condition. It covers pain science education and the current complementary and alternative methods available to improve your symptoms. Many things influence the development of fibromyalgia, trigger fibro flares, and produce other symptoms like IBS/irritable bowel syndrome, depression, and anxiety. You will learn how and why fibro develops, how chronic pain changes your brain, and most importantly, that you are not alone in this struggle, that fibro is real, and how to not let fibro control your life.
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Season 2 Introduction - Why do we need to talk about trauma?
Episode 40 - Season 2 Introduction -Why do we need to talk about trauma? Get Season 1 podcast guide: https://www.rheumcoach.com/season1Use this guide to track your progress as you listen to the episodes. It has a list of all episodes included in 1st season, with checkboxes to mark off your completion. It also has a fill-in-the-blank guide to episodes to engage you as you listen - it will keep you focused so you will retain more information. RheumMate membership provides trauma-info...
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How your childhood may have affected your health
Season 2 Episode 41 - How your childhood may have affected your healthTake your ACE survey to calculate your ACE score: https://stopabusecampaign.org/take-your-ace-test/Full transcript to this episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1890983/12858246References and resources: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/https://acestoohigh.com/aces-101/https://stopabusecampaign.org/Get Season 1 podcast guide: https://www.rheumcoach.com/season1Use this guide to track your progress as ...
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What is your stress load?
Season 2 Episode 42 -What is your stress load?Take your ACE survey to calculate your ACE score: https://stopabusecampaign.org/take-your-ace-test/Full transcript to this episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1890983/13274871References and resources:https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/https://acestoohigh.com/aces-101/https://stopabusecampaign.org/Get Season 1 podcast guide: https://www.rheumcoach.com/season1Use this guide to track your progress as you listen to the episode...
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What is fibromyalgia?
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-fibromyalgiawww.rheumcoach.com - my websitewww.rheumcoach.com/FibroCard - Download your free copy of the "Fibromyalgia is real" postcard to share with your family & friendswww.FaceBook/com/rheumcoach - lots more information about...
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How is fibromyalgia diagnosed?
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 with other painful conditions, like degenerative disease, chronic back pain, and autoi...
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Fibromyalgia treatment overview
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.buzzsprout.com/1890983/9621860-how-is-fibromyalgia-diagnosedwww.rheumcoach.com - my websitew...
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