Tag: NFMCPA
Spinal Cord Issues Overlapping Fibromyalgia
You may remember me being excited to have met Dr. Andrew Holman at the beginning of last year. His main area of research has been into how cervical spinal cord compression appears in and effects fibromyalgia. In the most recent issue of Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain LIFE magazine from the NFMCPA there is an article [...]
Posted: November 29th, 2012 under Miscellaneous.
Tags: Arnold-Chiari malformation, Cervical spinal cord compression, Cervical stenosis, Dr. Andrew Holman, Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain LIFE Magazine, NFMCPA, Rae Marie Gleason
Comments: 8
Senate Hearing on Pain
Earlier this year, the US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held the first ever senate hearing on pain. Sadly, most committee members were not present. Four doctors and one executive director of a nonprofit organization gave excellent expert testimonies, both verbal and written. Shortly before the hearing began, Jan Chambers from the [...]
Posted: June 21st, 2012 under Organizations.
Tags: Dr. Daniel Clauw, NFMCPA, Pain, Pain in America: Exploring Challenges to Relief, Research
Comments: 2
National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day History
2012 is the 20th anniversary of nationally celebrating a day for fibromyalgia awareness! Over the years I’d often wondered when National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day got started and last year I decided that I would share my findings with all of you during this year’s celebrations. Tom Hennessy, the founder of RESCIND, INC. (Repeal Existing Stereotypes [...]
Posted: May 10th, 2012 under Miscellaneous.
Tags: Awareness Day, NFA, NFMCPA, RESCIND, Tom Hennessy
Comments: 4
Walk to CURE FM!
Can you believe that Fibromyalgia Awareness Day (May 12th) is only two months away?! I’m cooking up a little something special to share with you, but in the mean time i wanted to share this great event. The National Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Association is once again having Walk to CURE FM, which started in [...]
Posted: March 12th, 2012 under Organizations.
Tags: Awareness Day, NFMCPA, Walk to Cure FM, Walking
Comments: 13