The British 10k powered by Nike+

UPDATE: LAST WEEK TO TAKE PART - Places are still available to run on behalf of FMA UK. Please get in touch if you are interested in taking part. How about getting your partner or other family member to run on behalf of FMA UK? 

NIKE has taken over sponsoring of this event. What does this mean for runners? It means it will sell out quicker than normal. For the runners, Nike brings a wealth of training and motivational support, including tips from world-class British athletes Paula Radcliffe and Mo Farah, and a premium Nike dri-FIT shirt to wear on race day. Information about all this is available through the Nike Running UK Facebook page.

The 12th anniversary of the The British 10k powered by Nike+ run is scheduled to take place on Sunday 8th July just 19 days before the Olympic opening ceremony and using much of the course for the Olympic marathons.

FMA UK has places available in this prestigious event, giving an exciting opportunity to raise awareness of fibromyalgia as well as raising funds through sponsorship.

Last year I decided to give this a go. I had never done any long distance running before so didn't commit to this until I knew I could manage it. I downloaded a training programme from the Running Bug which worked really well. I surprised myself and increased my fitness considerably.

I now enjoy jogging (I wouldn't call my speed running) and am thinking about a half marathon for this year.

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Managing Sick Leave in the Workplace for People with Chronic Pain

The Centre for Pain Research at the University of Bath, has recently published a study report on Managing Sick leave in the workplace for people with chronic pain.    The key findings, suggestions and conclusion can be read in their report.  The Research team interviewed 13 employers and 13 employees to obtain views from both the employers and the employees perspective.  

 Study report: Managing sick leave in the workplace for people with chronic pain                    April 2012

Key findings:

What is most helpful for me? Employers’ views

• Consistent organisational procedures; employers’ line management supporting decisions
• Minimising the effect on the team of the absent colleague by spreading out their workload fairly, getting extra temporary help if necessary, and recognising the efforts team members were making
• Teams were more supportive if the absentee was a valued employee; it became harder for managers to ameliorate the effect of absence on remaining staff if not. Small teams were easier to manage as one knew all members well, but this was less important than how the absentee was viewed

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Events Organised by ACOFIFA for International Day of Fibromyalgia

ACOFIFA (Spain) organised a weekend of events to celebrate International Day of Fibromyalgia on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th May.   Read on for a summary of the events.

SATURDAY, MAY 12th

INFORMATIVE SESSIONS

Dr. Fernandez Sola will discuss Central Sensibility Illnesses including Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Multiple Quemical Sensibility Syndrome.  Dr. Fernandez Sola is an Internal Medicine Consulting Doctor at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona and an Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona.  At these sessions we will also discuss the latest administrative changes and cuts brought by the Health and Labor reforms in Spain, and how these are affecting FM,CFS and MQSS Patients.   At the end of the day we will read the Manifest that has been agreed upon at the National level.

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