FIBROMYALGIA
TREATMENT OPTIONS
Behaviorial Interventions
TREATMENT OPTIONS
Behaviorial Interventions
nAerobic
Exercise – McCain &
Associates showed that patients put on a 20
week cardiovascular fitness training program produced improvements in patient’s subjective ratings of their
disease severity.
nCognitive Behaviorial Therapy – such as relaxation
training, reinforcing healthy behaviors, restructuring
maladaptive behaviors about one’s
ability to control pain. Several
studies have shown improvements with
Cogntive Behaviorial Therapy.
nEMG
biofeedback and hypnotherapy – have been shown to
improve patient’s pain intensity ratings.
Source:
Koopman: Arthritis & Allied Conditions, 1634