Early Symptoms Of Fibromyalgia Everyone Should Be Aware Of

Tender Points

Fibromyalgia patients experience widespread pain, but they also experience tenderness at specific points along the body or near the joints. Fibromyalgia sufferers feel pain when these tender points are pressed on or touched. Researchers have identified eighteen tender points, and the American College of Rheumatology suggests that in diagnosing fibromyalgia, an individual must test positive for at least eleven of the eighteen tender points. Some tender point areas include the back of the neck, the forearms near the elbow crease, in front of the neck on each side of the larynx, the hips, the lower back, the back of the knees, the upper back, between the shoulders and neck, and the chest.