Self Treatment Techniques for Managing Fibromyalgia Pain | Dr. Ginevra | Fibromyalgia Conference

Dr. Ginevra presents manual therapy and self-treatment techniques for managing fibromyalgia pain.
The following presentation was part of the Fibromyalgia Conference 2023.

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After developing fibromyalgia as a medical student, Dr. Ginevra Liptan spent many years using herself as a guinea pig to find successful treatments. She has fine-tuned her approach by treating thousands of patients.

She is the author of The FibroManual: A Complete Fibromyalgia Treatment Guide for You and Your Doctor and The Fibro Food Formula. Follow on YouTube:    / @thefibroshow  

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0:00 Intro
0:37 Speaking in India
2:00 Anatomy Review
5:51 Muscle cells and connective tissue
6:15 Actions of the Autonomic Nervous System
7:00 Myofascial dysfunction in fibromyalgia
8:57 Relentless sympathetic hyperactivity in fibromyalgia
10:53 SNS effects on muscle
12:30 Increased muscle activation in fibromyalgia
14:02 Pathologic fibromyalgia muscle tension
14:56 Oxidative stress and inflammation in fibromyalgia muscle
15:56 Myofascial trigger points in fibromyalgia
17:21 Fascial inflammation seen in fibromyalgia muscle biopsy study number 1
18:52 Fascial inflammation seen in fibromyalgia muscle biopsy study number 2
20:25 Myofascial inflammation and pain
21:23 SNS effects on fascia
22:37 Trigger relaxation response to reduce muscle tension and pain
25:00 Manual therapy for fibromyalgia
28:23 Systematic review of ten studies on manual therapy for fibromyalgia
29:02 What is myofascial release?
30:22 Myofascial release systematic review
30:51 Animal modes of myofascial release
31:36 Self-myofascial release tools
32:25 Study on self-myofascial release tools
33:11 Trigger point injections for fibromyalgia
33:26 Trigger point self-treatment
33:38 Stretching and yoga for fibromyalgia
34:13 Exercise for fibromyalgia
34:56 The Fibro Manual
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