The Fibromyalgia Team Members are trained and licensed professionals skilled in Physical Therapy, Biotherapy and Psychological evaluation and counseling. To participate, a patient must be evaluated and treated as necessary by all three therapeutic disciplines. The progress of all patients attending the Fibromyalgia Clinic is reviewed at weekly staff meetings, attended by the Team Members, the Case Manager and Dr. Davidson, Medical Director. The program consists of visits at least 2 times a week for 8 weeks with all Team Members. Although preferable, this is not always practical.
Many patients come from great distances, and some from foreign countries.
To accommodate them, the Clinic offers a program of Evaluation and Treatment Recommendation for 5 days a week, for one or two weeks. Restrictions in therapy are often imposed by insurance contracts, particularly in the managed care environment. These restrictions can lower the effectiveness of our program. Eighteen questionnaires were returned with no forwarding address. The patients ranged in age from 25 to 88 years, with an average age of 55.4 years.