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    Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice: Part16: Lifestyle and fibromyalgia
    (South African Academy of Family Physicians, 2011) Derman, E W; Whitesman, S; Dreyer, M; Patel, D N; Nossel, C; Schwellnus, M P
    Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder, characterised by chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, and the presence of multiple tender points as well as a host of associated symptomatology. Optimal management of patients with fibromyalgia requires a multidisciplinary approach, with a combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions that are tailored to the patient's pain, dysfunction and associated features, including depression, sleep disorder and fatigue. Non-pharmacological lifestyle-based interventions to treat this disorder include exercise therapy, dietary modification, and psychosocial interventions. This review outlines these three forms of lifestyle intervention in patients with fibromyalgia.