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Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice: Part 16: Lifestyle and fibromyalgia
South African Family Practice | Vol 53, No 6 : November/December| a2201 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20786204.2011.10874144
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Submitted: 02 November 2011 | Published: 01 November 2011
Submitted: 02 November 2011 | Published: 01 November 2011
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E.W. Derman, UCT/MRC Research Unit for Sports Science and Sports Medicine, South Africa; and, Research Center for Injury Prevention and Protection of Health of the Athlete, University of Cape Town, South AfricaS. Whitesman, Institute for Mindfulness, South Africa
M. Dreyer, Vitality Wellness, South Africa
D.N. Patel, Vitality Wellness, South Africa
C. Nossel, Vitality Wellness, South Africa
M.P. Schwellnus, UCT/MRC Research Unit for Sports Science and Sports Medicine, South Africa; and, Research Center for Injury Prevention and Protection of Health of the Athlete, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder, characterised by chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, and the presence of multiple tender points as well as a host of associated symptomatology. Optimal management of patients with fibromyalgia requires a multidisciplinary approach, with a combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions that are tailored to the patient’s pain, dysfunction and associated features, including depression, sleep disorder and fatigue. Non-pharmacological lifestyle-based interventions to treat this disorder include exercise therapy, dietary modification, and psychosocial interventions. This review outlines these three forms of lifestyle intervention in patients with fibromyalgia.
Keywords
fibromyalgia; healthy lifestyle; general practice
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