And your condition can heighten your bodys response to injuries from accidents or contact sports.

It almost seems unfair that those of us who have (FMS) and CFS orME/CFSstill get injured.

Its like life is adding insult to injuryor maybe injury to insult is more accurate.

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When one of us gets hurt, its likely to cause aflare.

Ourcentral sensitizationmakes us feel pain more intensely than other peopleand we generally feel it for longer as well.

That means you may need more comprehensive pain management than someone else with the same injury.

Some things that can help: