Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue

MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME from iVillage

This is something I talk about a lot because I was one of the lucky ones who found out about it shortly after being diagnosed with fibromyalgia. One of the important things mentioned in the article is:

"As with fibromyalgia, there are no diagnostic laboratory or imaging tests available for MPS, and many physicians are not adequately informed or educated about it. It is recommended that patients seek care with a physician specializing in pain management." To read the article go to:  

http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/myofascial-pain-syndrome.html?nlcid=ch|10-28-2009|

Another point that was made is sometimes a patient is misdiagnosed as having fibro and actually has MPS instead.

I applaud iVillage health for making this a part of their article. Not one of my doctors has ever mentioned one word about MPS nor any type of muscle therapy (i.e., physical therapy, massage, pressure therapy, etc.). On my own, I found out about MPS from a post on this message board and then researching it to find out what it was. The website I found (http://www.sover.net/~devstar/index.htm) is owned by a doctor who also has fibro and MPS--she also said that she found in her practice that 95% of her patients with fibro also had MPS, but you could have either one without having the other. From that website I found out about doing the pressure point therapy on myself and I have since bought a workbook showing all of the pressure points and related trigger points. After doing the pressure point therapy, 95% of my widespread pain went away. I still have fibro and I still have MPS (also known as CMP) and continue to do the pressure therapy when needed. IMO many people who have fibromyalgia also have MPS and just don't know it!

I hope everyone will read the article on MPS...it provides a lot of insight to the possibility of why so much of your pain never goes away!