In 2010, a symposium on fibromyalgia was held by the Organization for Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Education & Research (OFFER) (now the Bateman Horne Center). Thankfully, they posted some of the presentations on YouTube. The one by Dr. Patrick Wood is the most thoughtful and scientific coverage of fibromyalgia I’ve ever seen. It also filled in a lot of the missing pieces of the puzzle that is fibromyalgia.
The videos are provided below, but here are some highlights:
- Scientific research studies that prove fibromyalgia is real
- Research showing that the brains of people with fibromyalgia are different
- Recognition of the complexity and variation in fibromyalgia causes and symptoms
Dr. Wood does an outstanding job of presenting technical information in way that is easy to understand. His talk is divided into three videos, shown below. These are a must see for everyone with fibromyalgia, their families – and doctors!
