Excessive physical therapies or investigations into a cause do not help the problem. Fibromyalgia should be the end of the trail. The diagnosis of fibromyalgia should not be given if there is another explanation for the pain and naturally a certain number of tests will be required to eliminate that possibility if present. However, the diagnosis of fibromyalgia should be the start of a new management plan. The condition is always potentially reversible.
Psychological factors are important in management.
Managing everyday stresses, dealing with ongoing life problems and working out the best strategies for dealing with the pain problem are all necessary. This may just require readjustment in your own thinking and life strategies or you may require the help of a professional who deals with this problem all the time. This might be a clinical psychologist, another health care professional or a doctor who deals with chronic pain. This implies that the situation is hopeless and irreversible. This is not the case.