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Tables of Contents for Chronic Muscle Pain Syndrome
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
xv
Fibrositis and You: The Basics
1
26
What This Book Is About
An Overview of Fibrositis
Beyond Muscle Pains: Other Symptoms
Generalized and Localized Fibrositis
Fibrositis and the Tower of Babel
Fibrositis, Rheumatism, and Arthritis
Generalized Fibrositis
27
38
Introduction
A Few Statistics
Fibrositis: Evolution of a Concept
Do You Have Fibrositis?
The Differential Diagnosis
Putting It All Together: Why Fibrositis?
Fibrositis: Body, Mind, and Environment
65
36
The Puzzle of Fibrositis
Inseparable Companions
The Perception of Pain
The Psyche, Stress, and the Fibrositis Syndrome
Visiting the Medical Specialists
Putting the Puzzle Together
Localized Fibrositis and Strain Injuries
101
28
Another Puzzle? The Fibrositis Link
Fibrositis, Strain Injuries, and the Workplace
Putting It All Together
Retrain and Defeat Fibrositis: The Treatment and Prevention of Fibrositis
129
62
You and Your Doctor: A Partnership
Great Versus Reasonable Expectations
Retrain---A Rational Treatment Approach
R---Rest and Relaxation
E---Education
T---Therapeutic Muscle Training
R---Responding to Stress
A---Analgesics and Other Medications
I---Involvement
N---Never Give Up Hope!
The Prevention of Fibrositis
Fibromyalgia Update
191
16
What's New in Fibromyalgia?
The Frontiers of Fibromyalgia Research
Summing It All Up
The Past As a Guide to the Future
Suggested References and Reading
207
4
Glossary
211
8
Notes
219
10
Index
229