Sensory Overload
Massage therapy is commonly sought out by fibromyalgia patients to help manage their widespread chronic pain. Let's look at techniques that are most effective.
Ginevra Liptan, MD
Ginevra Liptan, MD, co-founded the Frida Center for Fibromyalgia with her husband, James Liptan, LMT. The Frida Center (www.fridacenter.com) is a fibromyalgia specialty clinic named for Frida Kahlo, the Mexican artist who endured years of chronic pain and is thought to have been a fibromyalgia sufferer. Ginevra Liptan is a graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine, board-certified in internal medicine, and author of The FibroManual: A Complete Fibromyalgia Treatment Guide for You and Your Doctor (Ballantine Books, 2016).