@kdubois Kelly,
The treatments you mention are now popular in healthcare as alternative but they are also complementary to medicine. It's good for folks like you who have genetic reasons which impede the benefit of medicine. And it's good for folks like me who want to limit the amount of medicine they take, Over the years I have done Massage, Acupuncture, water therapy, and dietary changes. I cannot twist and turn and balance with traditional Yoga so I try to remember Chair Yoga on YouTube .Each has its benefits and drawbacks.

-Water therapy is easy on the body but you need a timer to start slow. I can't tolerate cold water.
-Acupuncture helped me the most when I had no pain medicine (for neck pain) but did little for fibro. I like massage the best for fibro. My therapist can modify the pressure from one area of the body to the next.
- As far as dietary changes, I felt no difference physically in eating organic as far as fibro pain.

Over the years, I have not been able to walk as far or as fast as I could. Seven years ago, I was hiking to waterfalls and trails all over Oahu, Hawaii. Yes there was pain, but not like now. Today, I need to rely on how I feel before making a trip to the grocery store.
Doctors say fibromyalgia is not a progressive syndrome but I challenge that thinking.

Kelly, one thing you do not mention and I wonder if you have tried bio-feedback?

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