Superior Wellness

UPDATE! Superior Wellness successfully completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge in aid of Fibromyalgia Action UK this August.

Superior Wellness became a corporate partner of FMA UK in 2021. They have spent the last year raising awareness of fibromyalgia, and their fundraising efforts will support the charity in its mission to help people with our condition.

In August 2021, they 39-strong team conquered the Yorkshire Tough Mudder - a gruelling 10-mile obstacle course over the rolling Yorkshire Dales.

Through various fundraising initiatives over the past year, together with donations from sales of their hot tubs, they raised just under £5000.

This year the Superior Wellness team set themselves the target of the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge, which they completed on Sunday, the 28th of August. Their team climbed Pen-y-ghent, Whernside, and Ingleborough in under 12 hours and raised £820 for us.

Their fundraising will be ongoing throughout 2022, and a recent cake sale has raised a further £77.

Fibromyalgia Action UK would like to thank Superior Wellness for their partnership over the year. Des Quinn, Chair of Fibromyalgia Action UK added:

"We really appreciate the effort, conviction, and time donated by the team at Superior Wellness. It’s an amazing amount they have raised that will help the newly diagnosed receive support that they desperately need."

You can read more about Superior Wellness' inspiring support for FMA UK here.

RSM Event - Fibromyalgia in the 21st Century Transforming Care

The Royal Society of Medicine in association with Fibromyalgia Action UKPresents 
Fibromyalgia in the 21^st Century Transforming  Care
Online Monday October 10

Look out next month  for the full programme for this all day online meeting from the Royal Society of Medicine in association with FMA UK where we will explore what current care looks like for people in the UK with fibromyalgia and the ideas that will transform this in the years to come.

We have put together a superb panel of speakers that include those with lived experience and those with expertise in treatment.

The meeting is for both service users and health professionals and will be a place where everyone can share ideas and be part of this transformation.

Speakers include Prof. Winfried Häuser, Prof. Ernest Choy, Ms. Louise Trewern,  Mr. Des Quinn, Dr. Deepak Ravindran and Dr. Andreas Goebbel.

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Guardian Article - How to move: exercising with fibromyalgia

This article from the Guardian highlights the dilemma that a lot of people with fibromyalgia have when it comes to exercise, as well as some suggestions for slow and gradual exercises which can be of benefit to general health.

"Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that causes widespread muscle pain and tenderness. It is often accompanied by fatigue, altered sleep, cognitive disturbance and emotional distress. It usually develops in middle adulthood and affects more women than men. In Australia, fibromyalgia affects 2% to 5% of the population."

Leigh-Ann: Supporting a friend with Fibromyalgia

I didn’t know what Fibromyalgia was until a very close family friend was diagnosed with the condition, the kind of family friend that is family. After that, I started hearing the word everywhere, and I realised that there were actually a number of people close to me whose lives were affected by Fibro.

I was familiar with the idea of living with chronic pain, not through personal experience, but a few of my closest friends lived with chronic illness and pain: from ME to severe IBS, complicated skin conditions and Fibromyalgia.

Knowing how to support my loved ones with chronic pain is something I’m still learning how to do. Some of the things I know now seem so obvious, but when I was younger and knew so much less about Fibromyalgia, it didn’t seem so much so. I still get things wrong. I say or do the wrong things. I misunderstand. And I don’t at all pretend to come from a place of knowing all there is to know. But I think every day I learn a little bit more and try a little bit harder, and I hope that above all else, my friends know that I will always listen, and I will always be there.

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Emily Canwood: Raising awareness of fibromyalgia

Hi, I’m Em. I’m 26, and from East Anglia and I have been living with chronic pain for more than ⅔ of my life.

I became disabled in the eyes of the government in 2018/2019 due to being diagnosed with fibromyalgia. In 2018 this was not when my journey with chronic pain began.

I remember being as young as 9 always complaining that my muscles and my knees hurt which was ruled down as growing pains. I was never the “healthiest” and I dealt with a great list of symptoms like being constantly nauseated, had poor balance/very clumsy, muscle cramping, lacking energy, just to name a few.

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