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Three Doctors' Webinar: "Addressing Fibromyalgia's Pain, Insomnia, Fog 'n' Fatigue with Integrative Approaches"
Mon, 04/12/2010 - 2:49pm
As part of the Lumigrate collaborative effort for raising awareness this year about FMS/CFS, On Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 a very special conversation on Addressing Fibromyalgia's Pain, Insomnia, Fog 'n' Fatigue with Integrative Approaches took place and was recorded and hosted by Deirdre Rawlings, ND, PhD at her website about foods for fibromyalgia. (The link is provided here as well as the bottom -- we encourage people to take a minute to review this introductory discussion in order to get people in the fibromyalgia awareness community 'on the same page', as we are concerned about how to most effectively educate so many people who have so many resources of varying levels of validity, which ends up being detrimental.) www.foodsforfibromyalgia.com/interview-with-rand-and-spurlock.html
I asked Dr. Rawlings and the MDs, Jerry Rand of Bay Recovery Centers and Marcus Spurlock of Health Rejuvenation Specialists, all featured experts in Lumigrate's Forums, to participate in a collaborative awareness effort for this year's upcoming International Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue/ME Awareness Day on May 12th. I was not surpised but was pleased when all three eagerly agreed and prioritized making the time to rapidly make it happen, as I know how committed we all are to providing solutions through the businesses we have chosen to go into focusing on alleviating or solving chronic pain and fatigue/illness for those we can reach successfully.
This is being made available for FREE to anyone who wants to access the webinar via their computer or MP3. It is a one hour conversation which is very informative and pleasantly done and I encourage you to consider investing your resources of time and energy into listening. We've all invested our time, energy and money to usher our careers in this direction because we see that we have much to bring to the table with solutions from nutrition and spirituality to pharmaceutical interventions and exercise. "Integrative treatment solutions", which in my case with Lumigrate focuses on the occupation of health care through progressive education.
I also want to ask people who take advantage of this to come back to Lumigrate and write by leaving a "Comment" so that these providers, including myself, can see how our investment in doing this has benefitted you. I communicate regularly with all of them and know how busy and dedicated they are and that they carved out time to do to this in order to help every single person who might possibly listen. Letting them know you listened and what you received/heard is essentially like writing a 'thank you' note for a gift, if you think about it. Lumigrate is a place for people who are ready to grab a rope and pull themselves to higher health: "Lighting the Path to Health and Well-Being" is part of our logo, you might notice. YOU on the home page, being in the central role and place of power with your health care is the core concept AS WELL AS having all those providers around you. YOU now "virtually" have Dr. Spurlock, Dr. Rand, and Dr Rawlings on YOUR TEAM NOW because they are part of the Lumigrate team and you are as well.
Lumigrate is rapidly becoming a progressive health information portal with an emphasis on FMS and CFS initially, and I cannot be more pleased and excited about the future possibilities of the collaboration of these fine doctors. This is our FIRST collaborative event of many we are planning, so please tune in, tell others, and know that this is the place to be if you want to get things going in a better direction for yourself.
And we ask your help with this: everyone involved (YOU) can post on their facebooks and websites, Tweet on Twitter and send smoke signals to get the word out. Put this link on your forehead? DARE YA! Totally kidding, but I hope you got a grin from that.
Clicking on PRINT in Lumigrate yields beautiful copy which you can give to others, and please remember your medical providers who are mentioned in this interview, who are desperately needing this kind of resource. We'd appreciate YOUR help in ALSO posting the link to this page on any sites you go to or administer and telling others. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, and these committed professionals have provided wonderful information in this interview which will help those who listen immensely.
As you will hear Dr. Spurlock say in this webinar, don't be angry at your doctors and providers for not knowing what to do about fibromyalgia yet: they just haven't learned. Be their teacher! That's what YOU are doing on the home page of Lumigrate in the middle of those providers, really. Years agoI saw the need to not only provide this type of information to people with fibromyalgia, but people with fibromyalgia can guide their physicians to helpful sources. Events like this also provide 'cross polination of the providers' writing on Lumigrate.com as our amazing experts, as you will hear. Because we ALL have to keep learning every day and make it a concerted effort to grow and be our most effective.
This is what you can learn:
- Find out the causes of the pain experienced in fibromyalgia and how many people are affected
- Is there a "cure"? The disorder is definitely repairable/treatable. Medications, nutrition, etc are discussed.
- A comprehensive treatment plan to manage and alleviate the pain of
fibromyalgia will be discussed. - Help you and your systems around you (family, friends, coworkers) realize that fibromyalgia is not a "broken arm", it is a complex illness/disorder that requires treatment in multiple areas to get sufficient recovery.
- An ultimate goal of treatment is to "Give the body all the tools it needs to repair itself"
- Why so many physicians and medical providers do not want to treat people with fibromyalgia.
- What each person with fibromyalgia can do to have more effective medical treatment for fibromyalgia.
The Doctors' Biographies
Wm. Marcus Spurlock, MD
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I presently work in Dallas, TX treating people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Bio-Identical Hormone Deficiences and Environmental Illnesses. I have been doing this work exclusively for 8 years.
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Dr. Jerry Rand specializes in the treatment of Chronic Pain and Addictive Disorders. Dr. Rand has treated numerous pain conditions to include but not limited to; fibromyalgia, migraine and other chronic headache He is the medical director for a treatment center that provides residential care for chronic pain and addictive disorders. In this capacity he also directs and over-sees other providers who are working within the multi-disciplinary team. These providers include PhD, MD, MFT, Acupuncturist, Massage Therapist, Dr Rand has been treating patients with Chronic Pain and Addiction for over 15 years. His education includes completion of medical school in 1972. Since that time he has worked in numerous treatment settings, initially within medical hospitals and emergency rooms. Since 1994 he has directed and developed many treatment programs for the patient suffering from pain and addictive disorders. He founded his own center in 1992, and has since then successfully treated hundreds of chronic pain patients.
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Founder of Nutri-Living and author of Foods that Help Win the Battle against Fibromyalgia, (Fairwinds Press, July 2008), Deirdre is a powerhouse of information and inspiration regarding your path to a healthy nutritional life-style and overall well-being.
With more than 15 years of experience and expertise as an educator, coach, counselor, and consultant, Deirdre has developed a holistic nutrition practice focusing on psycho-nutritional counseling, which deals with both a client's nutritional and emotional needs. She explains the biochemistry of human nutrition, enabling clients to understand the importance of making better choices. |
Dr. Rand's website at Bay Recovery: www.bayrecovery.com
His Forum on Pain/Mgmt / Addictions at Lumigrate is at: www.lumigrate.com/forums/health-issuesdis-eases/fibromyalgia-chronic-pain-and-chronic-fatigueexhaustion/chronic-pain--1
Dr. Spurlock's website at Health Rejuvenation Specialists: www.healthrejuvenationspecialists.com
His Forum about Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue at Lumigrate is: www.lumigrate.com/forums/health-issuesdis-eases/fibromyalgia-chronic-pain-and-chronic-fatigueexhaustion/wm-marcus-spur
Dr. Deirdre Rawlings' website, which includes the information to access the recording of this conversation, which I encourage people to invest their time to listen to is www.foodsforfibromyalgia.com
Her Forum about FMS/Fatigue and nutrition in the Fibromyalgia Forum area of Lumigrate is: www.lumigrate.com/forums/health-issuesdis-eases/fibromyalgia-chronic-pain-and-chronic-fatigueexhaustion/deirdre-rawlin
Again, the link for the interview is:\www.foodsforfibromyalgia.com/interview-with-rand-and-spurlock.html.
Thanks to everyone involved in making this happen, and in particular, Deirdre and her staff!
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Live and Learn. Learn and Live Better! is my motto. I'm Mardy Ross, and I founded Lumigrate in 2008 after a career as an occupational therapist with a background in health education and environmental research program administration. Today I function as the desk clerk for short questions people have, as well as 'concierge' services offered for those who want a thorough exploration of their health history and direction to resources likely to progress their health according to their goals. Contact Us comes to me, so please do if you have questions or comments. Lumigrate is "Lighting the Path to Health and Well-Being" for increasing numbers of people. Follow us on social networking sites such as: Twitter: http://twitter.com/lumigrate and Facebook. (There is my personal page and several Lumigrate pages. For those interested in "groovy" local education and networking for those uniquely talented LumiGRATE experts located in my own back yard, "LumiGRATE Groove of the Grand Valley" is a Facebook page to join. (Many who have joined are beyond our area but like to see the Groovy information! We not only have FUN, we are learning about other providers we can be referring patients to and 'wearing a groove' to each other's doors -- or websites/home offices!) By covering some of the things we do, including case examples, it reinforces the concepts at Lumigrate.com as well as making YOU feel that you're part of a community. Which you ARE at Lumigrate!
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As the organizer, I got to listen to this as soon as Deirdre was done putting the finishing touches on the file and she shared it with me right away. I went to bed thinking about how wonderful this information is, and hoping that everyone who thinks so spends some time helping us get the information out there to the people who it can benefit. And in getting feedback from the three doctors the next day about what they thought about how it had gone (and they were all very pleased), I noticed something in common: they all are working very hard and took their time to do this, and ALL included something about hoping it gets utilized. Please reward them by at the least writing below here so that they all can come look and see how it helped. Follow them if you found them to be a resource you felt resonated for you, and let them know through a message or email that you have followed them from this event so they know it is something that is working and will then contribute more time, so that we keep this growing and going!
I think Deirdre asked really good questions and everyone was very comfortable and interactive together which is difficult on a three way phone all as you might know, and their professionalism certainly showed. I learned a lot, and was very glad to hear the key points that each doctor brought up, including not to get upset with doctors who don't know what to do for you, it's not their fault. But let's be part of that solution: IF each person who reads the above piece hits the 'Print' button and then faxes or gives it to their provider(s), that will be one more octor who knows as much about it as YOU do now! And think about how many other people benefit from that.
Again, I look forward to reading your comments about what you learned from this hour of information. I hope to see LOTS and LOTS ~~ Mardy
Live and Learn. Learn and Live Better! is my motto. I'm Mardy Ross, and I founded Lumigrate in 2008 after a career as an occupational therapist with a background in health education and environmental research program administration. Today I function as the desk clerk for short questions people have, as well as 'concierge' services offered for those who want a thorough exploration of their health history and direction to resources likely to progress their health according to their goals. Contact Us comes to me, so please do if you have questions or comments. Lumigrate is "Lighting the Path to Health and Well-Being" for increasing numbers of people. Follow us on social networking sites such as: Twitter: http://twitter.com/lumigrate and Facebook. (There is my personal page and several Lumigrate pages. For those interested in "groovy" local education and networking for those uniquely talented LumiGRATE experts located in my own back yard, "LumiGRATE Groove of the Grand Valley" is a Facebook page to join. (Many who have joined are beyond our area but like to see the Groovy information! We not only have FUN, we are learning about other providers we can be referring patients to and 'wearing a groove' to each other's doors -- or websites/home offices!) By covering some of the things we do, including case examples, it reinforces the concepts at Lumigrate.com as well as making YOU feel that you're part of a community. Which you ARE at Lumigrate!
Excellent!!! Really great stuff! I found a lot of things interesting and it was well worth the time! I am going to have to listen to this one or two more times to get all the information!
The questions asked and the information given by the 3 doctors was absolutely amazing! At times, I found myself thinking... "Hm, that's interesting!" or "Wow! I didn't know that!"
I am very thankful to have access to the interview and even more thankful for Lumigrate.com! Thank you, Mardy!!
Faith Young is the pseudonym used by one of Lumigrate's longest content providers, as she began writing at the age of 24 in Lumigrate's FIRST year on the Internet! In real life, this young woman who has been living with FMS for many years received her Bachelors degree in Health Education from Montclair State University and graduated Magna Cum Laude. To further her career, she is currently working on two Masters degrees, one in Counseling from Seton Hall University. Since she is a 6th grade health teacher working to educate students on the importance of being physically and emotionally healthy, we found it best to provider her with a pseudonym of her choice and "Faith Young" is what resonated. In the long run, this very real young woman has faith and hopes be able to use health education in counseling and provide up to date information at Lumigrate which will appeal to the younger people 'out there' and bring them 'in here' to Lumigrate in addition to our more mature adults. In addition, she is a LumiLiaison for Lumigrate.com and helps facilitate Lumigrate FMS fan pages on facebook. Search on Lumigrate and Lumigrate: Fibromyalgia and join us related to general and/or FMS specific information; Like us and those #s count with our advertisers and supporters and also allow YOU to keep up with what we're up to!
Mardy, I think this program is super special. Wow is all I can say about all the information crammed into this one teleseminar! Both of the male doctors were very informative and gracious with their time. I am impressed with Deirdre Rawlings as well. In conjunction with this celebration for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day... I'm joining you with teleseminars and my first interview is with "Dr. Dee"!
Please read where I blogged about this upcoming interview and teleseminar with Deirdre that will appear on the Health Matters Show this coming Friday. I invite your audience to check it out and then sign up to attend.
Bless you for doing all this hard work!
Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show
Blog post to check out: Interviews About Fibromyalgia and CFS
I am Cinda Crawford, an average person who has led an extraordinary life filled with tragedy, severe illness and many sacred blessings. I endured 15+ years of excruciating illness with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Now, I am healed. Because of my journey, my life is devoted to helping others. I invite you to discover Sacred Cellular Healing, an effective healing tool to co-create & manifest your return to good health. Currently, I host the Health Matters Show -or- what I call the hottest "destination" blog and podcast on the Internet today for people who want to get well from Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I also run Get Well Health and the new "Learn How to Heal Membership" course. Visit soon. Let me know you dropped by. You and I can and will derive our health and strength not only from each other, but from our sacred heritage of being God's children. I approach my tasks seriously and do so from a complete mind/body/spirit perspective. Thanks!
Connect with me at
www.healthmattersshow.com,
www.getwellhealth.com,
www.cindaontwitter.com,
www.cindaonfacebook.com, and
www.cindaonlinkedin.com
Hi Mardy and Everyone!
This was a FUNomenal and informative interview with Drs Jerry Rand and Marc Spurlock, which I thoroughly enjoyed participating in. There is a wealth of information to share with everyone here and still more to be gleaned from these two extremely knowledgeable professionals. If only I had set the recording for 2 hours instead of 1 and set the schedule with everyone accordingly, we'd have two very amazing sessions for everybody. Not to worry though as there is more to follow along soon and I am so excited to be bringing this to you so stay tuned.
Thanks for the opportunity to contribute and I until next time, I wish you good health!
Health and blessings,
Deirdre Rawlings, ND, PhD.
PS: let me know when I can take the link off my forehead Mardy -- I took you up on your dare!
Deirdre Rawlings, ND, PhD advises clients in her local area of Atlanta, Georgia, USA in person as well as remotely, both individuals and groups/corporations. While she has a focus on advising those with fibromyalgia or developing symptoms with a focus on nutrition as solution for wellness, her expertise is global and 'wholistic'. Her complete information can be found at http://www.foodsforfibromyalgia.com/. She is the author of "Foods that Help Win the Battle Against Fibromyalgia"; check out Amazon.com and Barnes and Nobel.
Glad you think it was FUNomenal and could have been doubly long but Dr. Spurlock only had the one hour available that day AND it was Dr. Rand's day 'off' though that means it's a day he doesn't treat patients and works on all the other things he is doing. Perhaps everyone's schedules will coordinate again so effortlessly and To Be Continued can happen.
So did you use green or purple for the link on the forehead (Lumigrate colors) OR did you go with another color to be different?
Thanks for the grins, Deirdre! ~~ Chronic wellness wishes your way too!
Mardy
Live and Learn. Learn and Live Better! is my motto. I'm Mardy Ross, and I founded Lumigrate in 2008 after a career as an occupational therapist with a background in health education and environmental research program administration. Today I function as the desk clerk for short questions people have, as well as 'concierge' services offered for those who want a thorough exploration of their health history and direction to resources likely to progress their health according to their goals. Contact Us comes to me, so please do if you have questions or comments. Lumigrate is "Lighting the Path to Health and Well-Being" for increasing numbers of people. Follow us on social networking sites such as: Twitter: http://twitter.com/lumigrate and Facebook. (There is my personal page and several Lumigrate pages. For those interested in "groovy" local education and networking for those uniquely talented LumiGRATE experts located in my own back yard, "LumiGRATE Groove of the Grand Valley" is a Facebook page to join. (Many who have joined are beyond our area but like to see the Groovy information! We not only have FUN, we are learning about other providers we can be referring patients to and 'wearing a groove' to each other's doors -- or websites/home offices!) By covering some of the things we do, including case examples, it reinforces the concepts at Lumigrate.com as well as making YOU feel that you're part of a community. Which you ARE at Lumigrate!
Thank you to everyone that made this possible. Found a wealth of information that I can use in my journey getting back to being healthy again. Enough information I will also listening to it multiple times. Taking more notes making sure not to miss anything.
Listening I learned about all the blood work , checking for different illnesses that your regular GP will not look for when they run blood work on you. Checking your thyroid, even if it shows to be borderline normal , you still could be having problems. And your hormones as well. This one is a must for me, as I had a hysterectomy fourteen years ago. Also have systems of thyroid not working properly, but yet my levels are okay, when checked by my GP. So, after hearing this I have doctor's appoinments coming up to have this all addressed.
Found it amazing to hear how long it takes your brain to go back to normal after coming off opioid's, that one blew me away. As well as the opioid's could be causing some of the muscle pain, another amazing fact. Although I don't take them on a regular bases, it's amazed me to find this out.
Changes in your diet can help , I'm a believer in this one. I'm more aware of what I am putting into my body. Was very surprised when I cut the sugar and wheat out what a difference it made. Little changes one by one is showing me improvements. Am I completely well, not yet, but with each change I'm getting closer. You have to want change to get change.
I'm hoping others will take time to listen, they will learn something. And take away new information that could put them on the road to recovery. Thanks again for making this available.
Best wishes to you all,
Faye
I think this is something everyone following Lumigrate should be PROUD of, and particularly those like Dr. Rand, Dr. Spurlock and Dr. Rawlings who took the time to schedule and attend on the telephone something that helps people have valid, progressive, and streamlined information. (one hour)
I encourage people to continue to post the link to this around, PRINT, tell others..... if everyone just does two things every day to let others know, think of how that will translate into outreach! Thank you in advance for doing so (when you hit the Print button here at Lumigrate and then do whatever you normally do to print something on your computer you're using it comes out looking REALLY schnazzy
~~ Mardy
Live and Learn. Learn and Live Better! is my motto. I'm Mardy Ross, and I founded Lumigrate in 2008 after a career as an occupational therapist with a background in health education and environmental research program administration. Today I function as the desk clerk for short questions people have, as well as 'concierge' services offered for those who want a thorough exploration of their health history and direction to resources likely to progress their health according to their goals. Contact Us comes to me, so please do if you have questions or comments. Lumigrate is "Lighting the Path to Health and Well-Being" for increasing numbers of people. Follow us on social networking sites such as: Twitter: http://twitter.com/lumigrate and Facebook. (There is my personal page and several Lumigrate pages. For those interested in "groovy" local education and networking for those uniquely talented LumiGRATE experts located in my own back yard, "LumiGRATE Groove of the Grand Valley" is a Facebook page to join. (Many who have joined are beyond our area but like to see the Groovy information! We not only have FUN, we are learning about other providers we can be referring patients to and 'wearing a groove' to each other's doors -- or websites/home offices!) By covering some of the things we do, including case examples, it reinforces the concepts at Lumigrate.com as well as making YOU feel that you're part of a community. Which you ARE at Lumigrate!
I think this is something everyone following Lumigrate should be PROUD of, and particularly those like Dr. Rand, Dr. Spurlock and Dr. Rawlings who took the time to schedule and attend on the telephone something that helps people have valid, progressive, and streamlined information. (one hour)
I encourage people to continue to post the link to this around, PRINT, tell others..... if everyone just does two things every day to let others know, think of how that will translate into outreach! Thank you in advance for doing so (when you hit the Print button here at Lumigrate and then do whatever you normally do to print something on your computer you're using it comes out looking REALLY schnazzy
~~ Mardy
Live and Learn. Learn and Live Better! is my motto. I'm Mardy Ross, and I founded Lumigrate in 2008 after a career as an occupational therapist with a background in health education and environmental research program administration. Today I function as the desk clerk for short questions people have, as well as 'concierge' services offered for those who want a thorough exploration of their health history and direction to resources likely to progress their health according to their goals. Contact Us comes to me, so please do if you have questions or comments. Lumigrate is "Lighting the Path to Health and Well-Being" for increasing numbers of people. Follow us on social networking sites such as: Twitter: http://twitter.com/lumigrate and Facebook. (There is my personal page and several Lumigrate pages. For those interested in "groovy" local education and networking for those uniquely talented LumiGRATE experts located in my own back yard, "LumiGRATE Groove of the Grand Valley" is a Facebook page to join. (Many who have joined are beyond our area but like to see the Groovy information! We not only have FUN, we are learning about other providers we can be referring patients to and 'wearing a groove' to each other's doors -- or websites/home offices!) By covering some of the things we do, including case examples, it reinforces the concepts at Lumigrate.com as well as making YOU feel that you're part of a community. Which you ARE at Lumigrate!
Adding a new comment to make this rise to top of the list before all the spam that needs to be removed when I have time.
Live and Learn. Learn and Live Better! is my motto. I'm Mardy Ross, and I founded Lumigrate in 2008 after a career as an occupational therapist with a background in health education and environmental research program administration. Today I function as the desk clerk for short questions people have, as well as 'concierge' services offered for those who want a thorough exploration of their health history and direction to resources likely to progress their health according to their goals. Contact Us comes to me, so please do if you have questions or comments. Lumigrate is "Lighting the Path to Health and Well-Being" for increasing numbers of people. Follow us on social networking sites such as: Twitter: http://twitter.com/lumigrate and Facebook. (There is my personal page and several Lumigrate pages. For those interested in "groovy" local education and networking for those uniquely talented LumiGRATE experts located in my own back yard, "LumiGRATE Groove of the Grand Valley" is a Facebook page to join. (Many who have joined are beyond our area but like to see the Groovy information! We not only have FUN, we are learning about other providers we can be referring patients to and 'wearing a groove' to each other's doors -- or websites/home offices!) By covering some of the things we do, including case examples, it reinforces the concepts at Lumigrate.com as well as making YOU feel that you're part of a community. Which you ARE at Lumigrate!