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Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice: Part 16: Lifestyle and fibromyalgia

, MBChB, PhD(Sports and Exercise Medicine), FACSM, FFIMS (Professor Sports and Exercise Medicine) , , MBChB (Professor Sports and Exercise Medicine) , , BScHons(Sports Science), BScHons (Dietetics) (Dietitian) , , MBBCh, MMed(Paeds) (Clincial Specialist) , , MBBCh, MBA (Head) & , MBBCh, MSc(Med) Sports Science, MD(Sports and Exercise Medicine), FACSM, FFIMS (Professor Sports and Exercise Science)
Pages 511-515 | Published online: 15 Aug 2014
 

Abstract

Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder, characterised by chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, and the presence of multiple tender points as well as a host of associated symptomatology. Optimal management of patients with fibromyalgia requires a multidisciplinary approach, with a combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions that are tailored to the patient's pain, dysfunction and associated features, including depression, sleep disorder and fatigue. Non-pharmacological lifestyle-based interventions to treat this disorder include exercise therapy, dietary modification, and psychosocial interventions. This review outlines these three forms of lifestyle intervention in patients with fibromyalgia.