President and Founder Fibromyalgia Association Troy, Michigan
Is successful Fibromyalgia treatment possible? YES, Ginevra and Sharon, with over 50 years of combined personal and professional experience, share how they found successful treatments beyond the basics. They offer strategies for personalized treatment plans, combining medical care, lifestyle changes, and holistic approaches, and learn how to guide your patients to effective treatments and self-management strategies.
Learning Objectives:
Describe communication strategies that quickly validate and build trust with fibromyalgia patients, particularly those with prior negative medical experiences, to establish a collaborative foundation for effective treatment planning.
Identify tools that support self-management in fibromyalgia patients and describe how collaboration with a health coach can enhance their effectiveness.
Apply bite-sized motivational interviewing techniques during short clinical encounters to enhance patient motivation for health behavior change.
Formulate a fibromyalgia treatment plan that includes evidence-based lifestyle and holistic approaches.
Describe strategies to help patients find hope and inspire them to do the hard work of making lifestyle changes.
