Across
- 4. easily distracted, forgetful, struggle to keep up with conversations
- 7. what happens to blood circulation to the brain and muscles during exercise with this condition
- 8. pain
- 10. exercise intensities for flare ups
- 12. cells involved in chronic pain
- 14. tender point index for untouchable
- 15. one of the largest groups of __________ pain
- 16. muscle
- 17. ______ malfunction that increases pain transmission
- 22. working on changes in nutrition
- 24. muscle relaxant Sally is on
- 25. handles all medications
- 26. _______ affected more than men
Down
- 1. a chronic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and tenderness in localized areas
- 2. issues in the brain and not peripheral tissues where pain is received
- 3. a well validated, multidimensional instrument
- 5. these muscles take over for respiration during exercise
- 6. improvements in pain can take up to this many weeks
- 9. tender point index score indicating no tenderness
- 11. __________ parasympathetic branch
- 13. hypersensitivity to stimuli
- 18. major symptom
- 19. __________ sympathetic branch
- 20. tissue
- 21. avoid these in excess in the beginning to avoid DOMS
- 23. hormone implicated in inability to enter into restorative sleep