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Celeste Cooper

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Celeste Cooper is the author of Broken Body, Wounded Spirit, Balancing the See Saw of Chronic Pain, Fall Devotions and Integrative Therapies for Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Myofascial Pain: The Mind-Body Connection, (co-author, Jeff Miller, PhD).

She is a retired advanced trained registered nurse. She cared and mentored others, and practiced as a clinical educator who wrote and implemented continuing education programs.

She has experienced personal struggles trials, setbacks, and successes as the result of illness, which brought her ambitions to an abrupt halt.

She advocates for education, change, awareness, and research, and her goal is to share ways to overcome obstacles and turn “road blocks” into a "road trip" full of opportunities.

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  • Celeste Cooper
    Celeste Cooper has posted a blog entry: BODY-WORK: The Anatomy’s ’ Labor of Love Manual therapies you might find helpful for chronic pain.
    Chronic pain wears us down regardless of the source. There are many painful disorders recognized in May, and I have discussed ways to advocate and raise awareness, now it is time to say something about what we can do to help our body not only function better, but feel better too.
     
    Self-Responsibility, “&he...Full Post
  • Celeste Cooper
    Celeste Cooper posted:
    The fibromyalgia family study: A genome-scan linkage study. See Pub Med

  • Celeste Cooper
    Celeste Cooper answered:
    How effective are narcotic painkillers in treating fibromyalgia?
    When it comes to any medication to treat fibromyalgia, it depends upon the patient. Some patients...  Full Post
  • Celeste Cooper
    Celeste Cooper answered:
    How effective are narcotic painkillers in treating fibromyalgia?
    When it comes to any medication to treat fibromyalgia, it depends upon the patient. Some patients...  Full Post
  • Celeste Cooper
    Celeste Cooper answered:
    Will my insurance cover relaxation therapy for fibromyalgia?
    While there is a move to include integrative therapies into the mainstream, because they have been...  Full Post
  • Celeste Cooper
    Celeste Cooper answered:
    How do narcotic painkillers work to treat fibromyalgia?
    Opioid pain medications work by binding to opioid receptors in the brain and peripheral nervous...  Full Post
  • Celeste Cooper
    Celeste Cooper answered:
    How do muscle relaxant medications work to treat fibromyalgia?
    Because muscle pain is one of the primary complaints in fibromyalgia, muscle relaxants are found to...  Full Post
  • Sharecare News
    Sharecare News posted a story about Rheumatology:
    Exercise May Ease Pain of Fibromyalgia, Study Suggests

    FRIDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise won't exacerbate the pain associated with fibromyalgia, and it may actually improve it, a new study suggests.

    Researchers from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., found that engaging in light to ...Full Article

  • Celeste Cooper
    Celeste Cooper answered:
    How does caffeine affect fibromyalgia?
    There has been a great deal of discussion regarding caffeine in general.  For instance,...  Full Post
  • Celeste Cooper
    Celeste Cooper answered:
    How do muscle relaxant medications work to treat fibromyalgia?
    Because muscle pain is one of the primary complaints in fibromyalgia, muscle relaxants are found to...  Full Post
  • Celeste Cooper
    Celeste Cooper answered:
    Is pain the main symptom of fibromyalgia?
    Muscle pain is the symptom that generally is complaint that fibromyalgia patients initially report...  Full Post
  • Celeste Cooper
    Celeste Cooper answered:
    How effective are muscle relaxant medications for fibromyalgia?
    Muscle relaxants can be very helpful in fibromyalgia pain, because muscle pain is one of the...  Full Post
  • Celeste Cooper
    Celeste Cooper answered:
    How does caffeine affect fibromyalgia?
    There has been a great deal of discussion regarding caffeine in general.  For instance,...  Full Post
  • Celeste Cooper
    Celeste Cooper has posted a blog entry: What are fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): Similarities and Differences?
    The primary presenting complaint in fibromyalgia is muscle pain, and the primary reason chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) patients seek treatment, is life altering fatigue and an overwhelming feeling of illness. Though in neither case, is this where symptoms stop.
     
    The diagnostic criteria for...Full Post
  • Celeste Cooper
    Celeste Cooper answered:
    How does fibromyalgia trigger headaches?
    Like fibromyalgia, severe headaches have a central nervous system and myofascial component. This is...  Full Post