Helping Clients Who Have Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain

12 Hour CE Course

Home Study: Cognitive

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Description: This course is a goldmine of practical information and up to date research about fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and chronic myofascial pain (CMP). It examines how FMS and CMP can affect the quality of life; important concepts about safe and effective ways to maintain health while decreasing pain and dysfunction, and indications and contraindications for bodywork. This course provides solid conceptual preparation for seeking hands-on training, but it does not teach hands-on skills. Please seek additional experience, with a mentor, to add hands-on skills.

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What are Fibromyalgia, Myofascia, Trigger Points & Myofascial Pain?	1 hour
Trigger Points: How they form, where they are often located, and how the author releases them	1 hour
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain, the Double Whammy; The Immune System, Co-Existing Conditions & Other Factors; Signs & Symptoms of These Disorders: Chronic Pain, Sleep, Fatigue; Gender & Age Issues	3 hours
Body Work & Mind Work: Applying what we know about these disorders in massage therapy and bodywork practice	3 hours
Life Crises; New Research; Recovery Action Planning; Cognitive Deficits, Positive Change, Medications, Complementary Medicine & Nutrition	1.5 hours
The Healing Team, Support, Adaptation & Advocacy; Resources & Reading Lists	1.5 hours
Open-book Test and Course Evaluation	1 hour

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Describe Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) and Chronic Myofascial Pain (CMP).
Describe trigger points and therapeutic approaches to release them.
Identify the distinguishing characteristics of FMS and CMP and how they affect people's quality of life.
Recognize what is indicated and contraindicated in giving bodywork and emotional support to people who have FMS and/or CMP.
Identify accurate information that you would give to clients about FMS and CMP.
Using the textbook as a reference, locate accurate resources that can give you and your clients more information.
Achieve at least 70% correct on the open-book test.

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"The proper treatment of patients with both FMS and CMP requires special skills. In CMP, a chronic pain condition exists with many different symptoms, TrPs, and perpetuating factors that will be magnified by the pain amplification aspect of FMS. Furthermore, some of the treatments normally prescribed for FMS patients can harm CMP patients, and the reverse is also true.

Fibromyalgia patients can tolerate slow and gentle strengthening of muscles. Chronic myofascial pain patients can't. You cannot strengthen a muscle that harbors a trigger point. If you have FMS and CMP, you are not as likely to experience pain relief from TrP injections. Some people do receive temporary pain relief from the injections, but some get none at all. Even if you do receive some relief, you may have severe post injection soreness." (Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain by Devin Starlyanyl and Mary Ellen Copeland, MS, MA, 2001, p. 33)

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The differences between fibromyalgia (FMS) and chronic myofascial pain (CMP) include all of the following EXCEPT:

FMS has muscle weakness and CMP does not
CMP is related to trigger points and their referral patterns but FMS pain is more generalized
CMP causes lumps, bumps and ropy bands in the muscles and FMS does not
FMS has hypersensitivity to pain and CMP does not

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This course was added to our catalog on Tuesday 28 July, 2009.

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Helping Clients Who Have Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain

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