Stretching for fibromyalgia: abstract versus full text [2m]

On the heels of another round of my stretch “negativity,” today I’m reporting on a new study ( Støve et al .) that challenges my notorious anti-stretching bias, and offers fibromyalgia patients a smidgen of hope. The study reports that a mere six minutes of daily home stretching for six weeks reduced fibromyalgia symptoms by a little over 18%. Not exactly “huge” if true, but it’s good, and cheap,…