Living With Fibromyalgia and Related Conditions
What you'll learn
- An overview of Fibromyalgia and related ailments (ex: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity) that includes common symptoms and individual experiences.
- Reasons why many people who suffer from these ailments either avoid, or give up on medical treatments.
- What the microbiome is telling us about fibromyalgia.
- The relationship between fibromyalgia symptoms and exposure to toxic chemicals.
- Why nutrient deficiencies that can contribute to fibromyalgia and related symptoms may be prevalent.
- How childhood trauma, PTSD, and dysfunctional family and workplace histories promote chronic fibromyalgia-like symptoms.
- Attitudes and belief systems that promote pain free, energetic, healthy lifestyles.
- Guidelines to consider when exercising with fibromyalgia.
- Financial planing and flexible income generation strategies you and your family can use to stay in the black when fibromyalgia threatens your job.
- Tools for building a personal conquest strategy that leverages physical, biological, nutritional, social, emotional, and financial solutions so that you feel better.
- Suggestions for mitigating impacts chronic illness can have on family members.
- Natural alternatives for pain relief.
Requirements
- None.
Description
Why a Course on Living with Fibromyalgia?
Because there is no cure. Six years ago, my career was derailed by a fibromyalgia flare up so intense it left me bedridden for more than a year. My physician believed I would never work again, but I was not ready to surrender to a lifetime of pain and I was unwilling to risk getting hooked on pain medications. So I researched everything I could find about fibromyalgia and the individual symptoms I was experiencing. I assembled the information, and used what I found to change the way I live. Today, I am almost pain free. I sleep better, I awaken with more energy, I am working on my own terms, and remarkably, I am enjoying life more today than I did before my flare up. With only rare exceptions, I am medication free.
This course will help you understand the complicated spectrum of biological, physical, environmental, nutritional, social, emotional, and even spiritual factors that can influence your condition. While we cannot assume that my approach will work for you, I am hopeful that by sharing the strategies myself and others use to reduce pain, minimize negative stressors, and keep health care affordable will offer you a smorgasboard of alternative options to consider in conjunction with external advice from health care and financial professionals as you develop your own unique strategy for living with your chronic condition and embracing a healthier, more symptom free lifestyle.
*The content in this course is not intended to replace medical treatment, nor is it designed to diagnose, prevent, treat, or cure disease. Personal health and the factors influencing the success and the affordability of any health care approach are complex. The results and testimonies shared herein are unique to individual circumstances. Because each of our situations is unique, there is no guarantee that you will experience the same results by making any of the changes identified herein.
Who this course is for:
- People seeking relief from those fibromyalgia.
- People seeking relief from fibromyalgia-like conditions, including chronic fatigue syndrome multiple chemical sensitivity, rheumatoid arthritis, and others.
- Health and wellness professionals seeking alternative approaches for helping clients manage fibromyalgia and related conditions.
- Family members (spouses, children, etc.) of people who suffer from fibromyalgia or related conditions.
- Caregivers (professional or otherwise) of people who suffer from fibromyalgia or related conditions.
Course content
- Preview04:09
- Preview05:00
- Preview13:03
- 06:45What is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)?
- 05:48What is MCS? Definition.Experience.Symptoms.Risk Factors
- 09:00Figuring out What You've Got.
Instructor
![Mary Lucero](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.6 Instructor Rating
- 178 Reviews
- 944 Students
- 4 Courses
Dr. Mary Lucero has spent thirty years as a research professional examining plant and microbial interactions in complex ecosystems.
Her conclusions that microbial communities define the health of all living systems provide a framwork for addressing soil health, crop nutrition, food security, and general health and wellness.
Today she enjoys sharing information that helps people utilize microbial communities to:
-restore nutrition to crops and soils
-build food security
-improve human health
-clean toxic environments
-help people thrive.