Fibromyalgia Support Group
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Who thinks this stuff up? And who sponsored this study? A wool company?The wool group had SIGNIFICANT pain reduction. I gotta go buy myself all wool bedding and get wool underwear from shoulder to thigh! Of course it could have been placebo lol!
Relevance to clinical nursing practise- keep warm lol.
Does wool help anyone else?
Nonpharmacological method in fibromyalgia: the use of wool
J Altern Complement Med. 2009 Apr;15(4):399-405. Kiyak EK. Atat=FCrk University, School of Nursing, Erzurum, Turkey. frtemine@hotmail.com PMID: 19388862
OBJECTIVES: The aim was to assess the effect of wool use in patients with fibromyalgia.
BACKGROUND: Various studies concerning the treatment of patients with fibromyalgia using nonpharmacological methods have been carried out. There are, however, no reports on the use of wool clothing and bedding in treating these patients.
DESIGN AND METHODS: The study employed two-group, experimental design. A total of 50 patients with fibromyalgia, based on the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology, were selected for the study. They were distributed equally into two groups: a control group and a treatment group. The 25 patients in each group were randomly selected and the compositions of the two groups were statistically identical. The patients in the treatment group wore woolen underwear (which covered the body from the shoulders to the thighs) and used woolen bedding such as woolen bed liner, woolen quilt and pillow during the experimental period of 6 weeks. All patients were assessed at the beginning the trial (pre-test) and the end of 6th (post-test) week. Data were collected using the visual analogue scale (0-10), tender points count, and Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire.
RESULTS: Patients in the treatment group reported significant improvements in their conditions including a reduction in pain levels,
tender point counts, and all scores of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (p
Relevance to clinical nursing practise- keep warm lol.
Does wool help anyone else?
Nonpharmacological method in fibromyalgia: the use of wool
J Altern Complement Med. 2009 Apr;15(4):399-405. Kiyak EK. Atat=FCrk University, School of Nursing, Erzurum, Turkey. frtemine@hotmail.com PMID: 19388862
OBJECTIVES: The aim was to assess the effect of wool use in patients with fibromyalgia.
BACKGROUND: Various studies concerning the treatment of patients with fibromyalgia using nonpharmacological methods have been carried out. There are, however, no reports on the use of wool clothing and bedding in treating these patients.
DESIGN AND METHODS: The study employed two-group, experimental design. A total of 50 patients with fibromyalgia, based on the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology, were selected for the study. They were distributed equally into two groups: a control group and a treatment group. The 25 patients in each group were randomly selected and the compositions of the two groups were statistically identical. The patients in the treatment group wore woolen underwear (which covered the body from the shoulders to the thighs) and used woolen bedding such as woolen bed liner, woolen quilt and pillow during the experimental period of 6 weeks. All patients were assessed at the beginning the trial (pre-test) and the end of 6th (post-test) week. Data were collected using the visual analogue scale (0-10), tender points count, and Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire.
RESULTS: Patients in the treatment group reported significant improvements in their conditions including a reduction in pain levels,
tender point counts, and all scores of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (p
I had to arrange them very carefully to be sure the sheet stayed over the stop of the blanket, or I would be broken out in a rash by morning anywhere it touched me.
I find if I have a bad enough day to say in bed - or if I'm just plain sick - that staying warm is both physically and mentally comforting, but that doesn't have anything to do with wool.
Like I've said many other times, I wish it was that simple (and don't they think we would have figured it out by now?)