Taking Control of Fibromyalgia: Following science on a natural path to health

Navigate your way back to health! This book will help you navigate chronic pain and the condition called fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is characterised by fatigue, muscle aches, wandering chronic pains, depression and anxiety. It often develops slowly, usually over several years. Being unwell can feel like being lost. To find your way back to health you will need two things: to know where you are right now, and a map to show you the way.This book explores the landmark symptoms of fibromyalgia and why they occur. Synthesising knowledge from fibromyalgia research, biochemistry, current pain research, neuroscience and pain psychology. The author presents a toolbox of practical treatments that you can use at home to change pain, all without using drugs.This knowledge creates a fuller picture of fibromyalgia and demonstrates that recovery is possible.Caroline’s experience using acupuncture to treat fibromyalgia, led her to develop the new Vagal Toning Acupressure system (VTA) which she teaches here in full for the first time.If you have have spent days, weeks or years of your life wondering what is going on in your body, this book provides the information you need to understand your condition and what you can do now to recover naturally.Illuminating and informative, Taking Control of Fibromyalgia reveals an empowering path to restore your natural health and relieve pain.Learn how the nervous system can create pain in fibromyalgiaFind out what the latest research on fibromyalgia says about brain inflammation, and what you can do about it.Discover how the new thinking in pain science can be applied to fibromyalgia using self help treatments at home.Use the full VTA acupressure system for fibromyalgia.[‘Taking control of Fibromyalgia’ is fully referenced.] Read more