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I’m a board-certified rheumatologist. Fibro educator. Trauma coach. "Mind Your Fibro" Podcaster.

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16/06/2024

I am about to restart my "Mind Your Fibro" podcast!!
What topics would you like to hear? Please comment below!

04/06/2024

We are officially open! Please call (502)429-6049 to schedule your evaluation or follow-up to speak with Silvia. www.wholehealthrheum.com Our therapy dog, Pasha, will be happy to greet you!

31/03/2024

Wishing you love, understanding and happiness.
Have a happy Easter!

22/12/2023

The Lifestyle Medicine certification exam results are in! I am now triple-board-certified in Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, and Lifestyle Medicine! An early Christmas present for me!

16/12/2023

There are many reasons why every fibromyalgia patient should add exercise to improve their symptoms. My patients who move have better control of their fibro, mood, and other symptoms. My podcast has several episodes on how and why you can start moving. Start intentionally adding movement daily and gradually increase it to about 30 min per day. Please tell yourself: "Movement is medicine," "I love it," "I will listen to the parts that hurt and be curious and not afraid," "Everything that lives (well, except for plants, and I am not a plant) moves," "Movement is life!" - even if you don't believe in it, yet. Imagine yourself as the future you who exercises, does not hurt with movement, and loves it. Journal about it, but only list all the positive benefits, and don't focus on the negative. Your brain will complain, refuse, and give many reasons why you should not move - expect it, acknowledge it with kindness, appreciate it, AND DO IT ANYWAY! Watch the entire TED talk, the full link is there, not just the preview.

14/12/2023

As holiday decorations may emerge in your house, the community is at the forefront of our mind. Wishing all of our friends a warm and low pain holiday season. 💜

You are not alone in this fight! Advocates from around the world are working hard to make a difference. Reach out if you need a connection.

We weren't sure if we should host a conference this late in the year, but it sounds like it is making a difference in emphasizing that you are loved by our community!

We are purpose driven and patient-centered. More content ahead this week and in 2024. Be sure to follow all our accounts. Love and hugs!

03/12/2023

Great summary of the conference.

02/12/2023

https://www.fibromyalgia.ngo/blog/fibromyalgiaschedule2023

Updated speaker schedule for the Fibromyalgia Community Conference 2023. Tens days of content from healthcare professionals, researchers, and global community leaders.

22/11/2023

“NO”vember

It’s OK to say "no" to people, places & things that drain your energy or activate your nervous system.

05/11/2023

I can attest, that my patient who consume processed foods, especially who drink soft drinks or other drinks with either sugar and with artificial sweeteners, have more pain and depression. First thing I advise all my patients is to stop drinking them, there is no benefit from them, only harm and often addiction.

A diet high in ultraprocessed food (UPF), particularly artificial sweeteners, has been linked to increased depression risk, new data from the Nurses Health Study II (NHS II) suggest.

/www.medscape.com/viewarticle/996698?ecd=mkm_ret_231105_mscpmrk_psych_depress_etid6020701&uac=193467HT&impID=6020701

New data suggest a link between ultraprocessed food, particularly artificial sweeteners, and increased depression risk.

03/11/2023

Also treating chronic pain and/or fibromyalgia often uncovers the underlying issues that are being covered by pain. Patients taught me that at times for them it maybe easier to focus on the physical pain than deal with their emotional pain. Pain can be protective although hard to accept.

24/07/2023

✨NEW podcast Episode! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts just search for "Mind your Fibro podcast" or my website.
Season 2, Episode 42 - "What is your STRESS LOAD?"
Please share, review and give it 5 stars!

22/05/2023

Be kind to yourself.

Self-Compassion Phrases | To remember, and incorporate in any moment 🙏🏽

• May I accept myself as I am
• May I be kind to myself, unconditionally
• May I have courage
• May I remember that we are all human
• May I know that others struggle along with me
• May I give myself the compassion I need
• May I care for myself
• May I cherish myself
• May I have peace of mind

For more information, and resources on self-compassion – please visit self-compassion.org ✨

17/05/2023

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The goal of Mind Your Fibro podcast season 2 is to start a conversation, bring awareness, and connect the dots between physical and emotional pain and suffering; talk about the traumas that often may preceded the onset of your physical illness, the recovery, and coping with symptoms and challenges of treatment. Link in bio.
✨NEW podcast Episode! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts just search for "Mind your Fibro podcast" or my website.
Season 2, Episode 41 - How your childhood may have affected your health
Please share, review and give it 5 stars!

16/05/2023

✨NEW podcast Episode! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts just search for "Mind your Fibro podcast" or my website.
Season 2, Episode 41 - How your childhood may have affected your health
Please share, review and give it 5 stars!

04/05/2023

May is Fibromyalgia Awareness Month.

03/05/2023

✨NEW podcast Episode! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts just search for "Mind your Fibro podcast" or my website.
Episode 40 - Season 2 Introduction - Why do we need to talk about trauma?
Please share, review and give it 5 stars!

02/05/2023

Please listen to the new episode and tag Melissa or The Support Fibromyalgia Network and tell her "thank you!" for pushing me to get back on the podcasting wagon!!

17/02/2023

This is why all of us need to move.

690 Likes, 26 Comments - Shawn Stevenson () on Instagram: "Developing, maintaining, and USING your muscles goes far beyond vanity metrics. Countless peer-reviewed studies have now revealed that when we use our muscles, it improves the function of our immune system, enhances our cognitive....

10/02/2023

https://www.rheumcoach.com/podcast

Fibromyalgia is chronic pain disorder. Like depression or migraines, it does not show visible symptoms and there is no test to confirm it. It is a brain processing problem– an abnormal way the brain processes pain and other stimuli. Fibromyalgia affects about 4 million US adults, about 2% of the adult population. The cause of fibromyalgia is not known. The diagnosis is made based on symptoms. https://www.rheumcoach.com/podcast

27/01/2023

Stress plays a role in our health.

Shawn Stevenson shared a post on Instagram: "Harvard psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Dr. Robert Waldinger is the director of the longest running longitudinal study in documented human history. The study, spanning nearly nine decades, is the most detailed study on what creates health, happiness, and f...

17/01/2023

Fibromyalgia needs pacing, not pushing/crashing. Progress needs to be slow, but consistent.
Listen on pushing & crashing: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1890983/11750312

17/01/2023

You can also say the same about fibromyalgia.

💙

15/01/2023

The dysregulated nervous system is rigid and stuck in the patterns of protection and survival. It is stuck in the stories of trauma and dysregulation. The nervous system can be recruited and used in healing if we get it out of this protective mode. It is possible to move out of activated reactions that are now your habits and bring flexibility back to the nervous system and your body. In Rheum Mate membership, we just started a deep dive into how we can regulate our nervous system, applying the Polyvagal theory and rewiring our brain and autonomic nervous system out of survival mode into a mode of safety and connection. Join us, link in bio or on my website RheumCoach.

08/01/2023

31/12/2022

Health and happiness to you and yours in the new year ahead. May 2023 be an extraordinary year!

31/12/2022

25/12/2022

Do you push yourself too much this holiday season because you are trying to please others? Do you anticipate a crash, and it makes you even more stressed out and anxious? People-pleasing is putting the needs of others above your own. It may be a symptom of prior trauma. Remember: "No" is a complete sentence.

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May is Fibromyalgia Awareness Month! #fibromyalgia #fibromyalgiaawareness #fibromyalgiawarrior

Health and happiness to you and yours in the new year ahead. May 2023 be an extraordinary year!

Merry Christmas from my family to yours! ~Olga Pinkston MD/rheumcoach.com

Mind Your Fibro podcast season 1 covers the basics: what is fibro, and how is it diagnosed and treated. Other episodes cover pain science, the pain-stress connection, self-care, diet, exercise, and sleep. This season also includes important topics on grief, relationship, and pushing & crashing. The FREE Season 1 guide includes the list of all episodes, as well as the fill-in-the-blank guide for each episode, so you can follow along, pay more attention to the material, and have some fun. #fibromyalgia #fibrowarriors #fibro #fibromyalgiaawareness #chronicpain #chronicpainmanagement #autoimmune #rheumatoidarthritis #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior #lupuswarrior #lupus #lupusawareness #chronicillness #autoimmunedisease #multiplesclerosis #chronicfatigue #chronicfatiguesyndrome

1 year podcast anniversary! 40,000 downloads, in 87 countries and over 3000 cities. Thank you so much for your support!

1 year podcast anniversary! 40,000 downloads, in 87 countries and over 3000 cities. Thank you so much for your support! #fibromyalgia #fibrowarriors #fibro #fibromyalgiaawareness #chronicpain #chronicpainmanagement #autoimmune #rheumatoidarthritis #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior #lupuswarrior #lupus #lupusawareness #chronicillness #autoimmunedisease #multiplesclerosis #chronicfatigue #chronicfatiguesyndrome

✨NEW podcast Episode! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts just search for "Mind your Fibro podcast" or my website Episode 38 - The Pushing & Crashing Cycle Do you often feel that you are stuck in the pushing & crashing loop? Do you find yourself caught in a frustrating cycle, swinging between overactivity, and forced rest. When your symptoms are low, you push to get as much done as possible because you know you will crash soon enough; the overexertion triggers an increase in symptoms, leading to forced rest or a crash. Resting is usually successful in reducing symptoms and providing needed relief, but then, the pause in activities during this rest leads to feeling frustrated at all you didn't accomplish while resting; you plunge into another round of overactivity to catch up, leading to another crash. Listen to this podcast episode to learn more about pushing & crashing cycle, why you may be doing it and how to get out of it. #chronicfatiguesyndrome #chronicpainmanagement #rheumatoiddisease #chronicpainrelief #ChronicPain #fibromyalgiaawareness #chronicfatigue #fibrowarriors #autoimmune #health #wellbeing #fibro #fibrowarrior #rheumatoidarthritis #fibromyalgia #ChronicPain #pelvicpain #intersticialcystitis #mindbody #somatictracking #somatic #mindset #IBS #guiltfree #autoimmunepaleo

Do you drink getting enough water? Take a quiz and post your answer in comments! Then go to NEW podcast Episode 36 - 30-day challenge on drinking more water! ✨Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts just search for "Mind your Fibro podcast" or my website - rheumcoach .com/links or link in bio #fibromyalgia #fibrowarriors #fibro #fibromyalgiaawareness #chronicpain #chronicpainmanagement #autoimmune #rheumatoidarthritis #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior #lupuswarrior #lupus #lupusawareness #chronicillness #autoimmunedisease #multiplesclerosis #chronicfatigue #chronicfatiguesyndrome

The 1st & 2nd parts of the '"Healing from the root" workshop are available for replay - please check your emails if you registered! It is not too late to register for the workshop. You will get an instant replay of Parts 1 &2 , and you can attend or watch later part 3. Link in bio. #chronicfatiguesyndrome #chronicpainmanagement #rheumatoiddisease #chronicpainrelief #ChronicPain #fibromyalgiaawareness #chronicfatigue #fibrowarriors #autoimmune #health #wellbeing #fibro #fibrowarrior #rheumatoidarthritis #fibromyalgia #ChronicPain #pelvicpain #intersticialcystitis #mindbody #somatictracking #somatic #mindset #IBS #guiltfree #autoimmunepaleo

✨NEW podcast Episode! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts just search for "Mind your Fibro podcast" or my website - rheumcoach .com Episode 32 - Fibromyalgia and Pelvic Pain (in men and women) - part 2✨ Part 2 of my interview with Theresa Feola, a physical therapist who specializes in pelvic health. We discuss sex and intimacy and how history of trauma can affect pelvic pain and what can be doneto help. Theresa's info is in the show notes. #chronicfatiguesyndrome #chronicpainmanagement #rheumatoiddisease #chronicpainrelief #ChronicPain #fibromyalgiaawareness #chronicfatigue #fibrowarriors #autoimmune #health #wellbeing #fibro #fibrowarrior #rheumatoidarthritis #fibromyalgia #ChronicPain #pelvicpain #intersticialcystitis #mindbody #somatictracking #somatic #mindset #IBS #guiltfree #autoimmunepaleo

✨NEW podcast Episode! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts just search for "Mind your Fibro podcast" or my website - rheumcoach .com Episode 31 - Fibromyalgia and Pelvic Pain (in men and women)✨ Today I have a special guest - Theresa Feola. We will be talking about pelvic dysfunction in both men and women and available therapies. Theresa is a physical therapist who specializes in pelvic health. During this interview we discuss various dysfunctions of the pelvis- in both men and women, the role of pelvic PT in treatment, how fibromyalgia and pelvic pain or pelvic dysfunction maybe connected, pain after childbearing and sexual trauma and we will touch on the sex and intimacy. Today is the part 1 of the interview. Theresa's info is in the show notes. #chronicfatiguesyndrome #chronicpainmanagement #rheumatoiddisease #chronicpainrelief #ChronicPain #fibromyalgiaawareness #chronicfatigue #fibrowarriors #autoimmune #health #wellbeing #fibro #fibrowarrior #rheumatoidarthritis #fibromyalgia #ChronicPain #pelvicpain #intersticialcystitis #mindbody #somatictracking #somatic #mindset #IBS #guiltfree #autoimmunepaleo

✨NEW podcast Episode! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts just search for "Mind your Fibro podcast" or my website - rheumcoach .com Episode 30 - Fibromyalgia and Relashionships ✨ In this episode, I discuss how we and our human brains may deal with a chronic illness; how to support each other in this journey - from both the perspectives of the patient and their relationships. #chronicfatiguesyndrome #chronicpainmanagement #rheumatoiddisease #chronicpainrelief #ChronicPain #fibromyalgiaawareness #chronicfatigue #fibrowarriors #autoimmune #health #wellbeing #fibro #fibrowarrior #rheumatoidarthritis #fibromyalgia #ChronicPain #mindbody #somatictracking #somatic #mindset #IBS #guiltfree #autoimmunepaleo

✨NEW podcast Episode! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts just search for "Mind your Fibro podcast" or my website. Episode 27 - Fibromyalgia and Exercise: Interview with Lauren Eirk - part 1🏃. Today we continue talking about physical activity and exercise, but it is a special episode. Today I have my 1st ever podcast guest. So today is part one of my conversation with Lauren Eirk. We are talking about exercise, its importance, how to start, how to get the motivation to move, body image, and what to do for physical activity if you have chronic pain or a condition like fibromyalgia. #chronicfatiguesyndrome #chronicpainmanagement #rheumatoiddisease #chronicpainrelief #ChronicPain #fibromyalgiaawareness #chronicfatigue #fibrowarriors #autoimmune #health #wellbeing #fibro #fibrowarrior #rheumatoidarthritis #fibromyalgia #ChronicPain #mindbody #somatictracking #somatic #mindset #IBS #guiltfree #autoimmunepaleo

✨NEW podcast Episode! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts just search for "Mind your Fibro podcast" or my website - links in comments. Episode 26 - Fibromyalgia and Exercise 🏃 Research and my practical clinical experience show that exercise, regardless of type, reduces pain and depression and improves the overall quality of life. The patients who successfully manage their fibro symptoms universally credit exercise, sleep, and nutrition as essential treatment modalities for controlling their symptoms. These patients may use different exercise types; one may be into yoga, another swimming or walking, etc., but they all move. This episode discusses exercise, our lack of motivation to add physical activity, and how to start moving. Let's go! #chronicfatiguesyndrome #chronicpainmanagement #rheumatoiddisease #chronicpainrelief #ChronicPain #fibromyalgiaawareness #chronicfatigue #fibrowarriors #autoimmune #health #wellbeing #fibro #fibrowarrior #rheumatoidarthritis #fibromyalgia #ChronicPain #mindbody #somatictracking #somatic #mindset #IBS #guiltfree #autoimmunepaleodiet

Rest does not have to be passive like sitting on a couch and watching TV. Active rest can be an activity where you connect with nature, the community and have fun—for example, picking blueberries at a local farm. What a fun, low-key activity for both adults and kids! Easy to pace, stay as long or as little as you want, get some exposure to vitamin D, and bring some healthy produce home. And it's affordable- even with gas prices and paying for the berries, it was still cheaper than buying blueberries at the grocery. This was our annual event at the local blueberry farm. Start your tradition! Or post your photos if you've done this before! #fibro #fibromyalgia

Happy Father's Day! In case you were wondering... Per Wikipedia, a dad joke is a short joke, typically a pun, presented as a one-liner or a question and answer, but not a narrative. Many dad jokes may be considered anti-jokes, deriving humor from an intentionally not funny punchline. #fibromyalgia

✨NEW podcast Episode! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts just search for "Mind your Fibro podcast" Episode 23 "Improving nutrition: Macronutrients (protein/fat/carb)" This episode continues education on self-management of fibromyalgia and other chronic pain conditions. Food and nutrition are an essential part of your well-being. So today, I am discussing macronutrients, three macros - carbohydrates, fats and protein, and why they are important for your health. #chronicfatiguesyndrome #chronicpainmanagement #rheumatoiddisease #chronicpainrelief #ChronicPain #fibromyalgiaawareness #chronicfatigue #fibrowarriors #autoimmune #health #wellbeing #fibro #fibrowarrior #rheumatoidarthritis #fibromyalgia #ChronicPain