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Fibromyalgia

Assessment and Treatment of Fibromyalgia: The Role of the Physiotherapist Read more ↓

5 Episodes 1h 11m

Chronic wide spread pain is experienced by up to 10% of the world population, we have a responsibility as healthcare practitioners to keep up to date on the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of such pain conditions.

Fibromylagia makes up 20-50% of chronic widespread pain cases, and yet is a diagnosis not too well understood by patients and scientists alike.

This lecture will explore the current issues with diagnosis and treatment of fibromyalgia and embed this information into practical tips for how you as a health care practitioner can support people living with fibromyalgia.

Learning points:

To learn about Chronic Widespread Pain and the subset of this that is termed Fibromyalgia Syndrome
To consider the role and impact of the physiotherapist as a diagnostician in Chronic Widespread Pain / Fibromyalgia Syndrome
To learn about treatment options that a physiotherapist could lead on with regards to the evidence based management of Fibromyalgia Syndrome, including pathways for onwards referral and use of the full MDT.

Episodes

What Is Fibromyalgia? Prevalence and the Key Presenting Features

How common chronic widespread pain and fibromyalgia are, why physiotherapists find the condition hard to manage, and the eight key patient features plus one clinician factor that point toward the diagnosis.

Diagnosing Fibromyalgia and Educating Patients by Activation Level

How fibromyalgia is diagnosed with the ACR 2010 and 2016 criteria instead of tender points, why giving the diagnosis helps, and how education is matched to the patient's level of activation.

Sleep Management and Medication Options in Fibromyalgia

Why poor sleep may drive pain in fibromyalgia, how supported sleep self-management with wearables and apps works in practice, and what current guidance says about amitriptyline, duloxetine, opioids and gabapentinoids.

Exercise as the Core Treatment and a Rehab Pathway in Practice

Why exercise is the only strongly recommended treatment for fibromyalgia, how graded exercise and group programs are delivered, and how one UK rheumatology service structures its pathway from diagnosis to long-term rehabilitation.

Future Directions in Fibromyalgia Research and Care

Future directions in fibromyalgia, from more sensitive outcome measures and the search for a blood test to brain research on pain waves and the growing role of physiotherapists in diagnosis and long-term care.

Chronic wide spread pain is experienced by up to 10% of the world population, we have a responsibility as healthcare practitioners to keep up to date on the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of such pain conditions.

Fibromylagia makes up 20-50% of chronic widespread pain cases, and yet is a diagnosis not too well understood by patients and scientists alike.

This lecture will explore the current issues with diagnosis and treatment of fibromyalgia and embed this information into practical tips for how you as a health care practitioner can support people living with fibromyalgia.

Learning points:

To learn about Chronic Widespread Pain and the subset of this that is termed Fibromyalgia Syndrome
To consider the role and impact of the physiotherapist as a diagnostician in Chronic Widespread Pain / Fibromyalgia Syndrome
To learn about treatment options that a physiotherapist could lead on with regards to the evidence based management of Fibromyalgia Syndrome, including pathways for onwards referral and use of the full MDT.

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5 Episodes

1h 11m

Dec 4, 2025