Has anyone ever tried biofeedback?

Posted By: DW on 2007-10-16
In Reply to: At my wit's end.... - Really fed up

To the OP, I'm so sorry for your pain. I know it's exhausting and what it feels like when the doctor just looks at you and says 'Well...' and you can just read on their faces that they think your nuts.

I've never been diagnosed with fibro, but have severe muscle pain. The cause has yet to be determined. I go for a muscle biopsy in two weeks. It's sick when you actually hope that it comes back positive for something, just so you'd know what's wrong!

Anyway, I could go all day, but has anyone ever tried biofeedback? I've been looking into it since my pain is all muscle - thinking that if I can learn to relax my muscles the pain will go away or maybe not be as bad. Any experiences??

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At my wit's end.... - Really fed up
- I have been diagnosed with fibro about 9 SM - Fibro here, too
  - The pain has not always been in the ribs - Really fed up
- What has helped my pain are fruit and vegetable capsules. sm - Hoku
- Has anyone ever tried biofeedback? - DW
  - I learned a lot from biofeedback. - Mish
  - No one has ever suggested biofeedback - Really fed up
- fibromyalgia - mtmt
- just wondering if you could share where you are located... - annabanana
  - I live in - Really fed up
- A friend of mine has this - ER MT

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No one has ever suggested biofeedback
dont have a clue as how that works. You would think asking up front - does the clinic treat fibromyalgia - surely to God they could get it right and a yes or no would save my time and expense from even going there - I spent a few minutes before working looking for an acupuncture clinic reasonably close- I would try that as one of the posts says above. I can touch my ribs and that is where the pain is and whether he says they cannot be front and back, I surely to goodness know what hurts. Not one person ever suggested the feedback though.

I learned a lot from biofeedback.
I don't have any pain issues anymore, and I think learning to relax was key. I had no idea what my muscles were doing until I started getting massage from a physical therapist, and it felt great, but the effect didn't last because I couldn't stop the muscles from coiling back up on me. That's why I did the relaxation therapy with biofeedback, and I learned a lot.