Physiotherapy Interventions for a Fibromyalgia Patient with Predominant Temporomandibular Disorder: Case report

Fibromyalgia is a chronic syndrome of unknown etiology characterized by generalized body pain and several associated symptoms such as fatigue, sleep, memory and mood issues. Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is one of the less frequent symptoms reported among the patients with fibromyalgia. Both fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and TMD are treated with physiotherapy modalities. TMD without fibromyalgia is reported to be responding well to various physiotherapy modalities. However, limited number of studies has been conducted regarding the effectiveness of physiotherapy for the TMD with FMS. This article presents a case study of TM