Many people with fibromyalgia describe the chronic condition as a "bad case of the flu that never goes away," because they have widespread pain, wake up with stiff muscles and experience brain fog, ...

Patients with fibromyalgia who used cannabis-based medicinal products demonstrated modest, medium-term improvements in pain, anxiety and sleep, according to data published in Clinical Rheumatology.“It ...

Following decades of limited treatment options, people living with fibromyalgia will soon have access to a novel therapy designed to tackle the condition’s most elusive symptom: Poor-quality sleep.

Although recent scientific and medical breakthroughs have transformed many people’s lives, there is still quite a bit we do not understand about the human body. One of the areas researchers are still ...

Fibromyalgia patients hoping to see a more effective and convenient formulation of cyclobenzaprine at their local pharmacies must wait for an ongoing phase III trial -- the product's third -- to ...

Shatha, now 27, had been experiencing symptoms since the age of 12 but received a confirmed diagnosis only a year ago. Her ...

Anyone with fibromyalgia can tell you it hurts, but no one can yet explain what causes all those aches. A study published in Pain Reports adds a new piece to the puzzle, showing spinal disinhibition — ...

Fibromyalgia symptoms, including pain, can make restful sleep feel out of reach. In fact, 90 percent of people with fibromyalgia experience sleep disturbances, from difficulty dozing off to fragmented ...

Many patients are labeled with fibromyalgia simply because they have chronic soft tissue pain. But it is important, at least for the sake of correctness, that not all chronic soft tissue pain be ...

Kyle Ruygrok, PT, DPT, OCS, is a physical therapist with Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation. Nicolas Noiseux, MD, MS, FRCSC, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at University of ...