What Is Ask the Coach?
Ask the Coach is a special series of the Fibromyalgia Podcast® where Tami answers the questions fibromyalgia patients ask most often.
Think of it like “Dear Abby” — just for fibromyalgia.
Some episodes feature Tami answering questions directly. Others bring in trusted experts to help answer a listener’s question more deeply.
Every episode starts with a real question from a real listener.
Many of our episodes are inspired by listener questions. The episodes below are the official Ask the Coach series.
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Browse the Ask the Coach series below or use the search box below to search the full podcast archive.
If you don’t find the answer you’re looking for, you can always submit your question here. It might even be featured in a future Ask the Coach episode.
Episode 170: How Do I Help People I Love Understand Fibromyalgia? (Ask the Coach)
Have you ever wished people could truly understand what fibromyalgia feels like, or what it's like to live with a condition that never really goes away? You are not alone. Explaining fibromyalgia to the people you love is one of the hardest parts of...
Episode 160: Can Turmeric Improve My Pain? with Dr. Shivani Gupta: Ask the Coach
“Inflammation is one of the root causes of many of our health issues, and we have the power to overcome it.” Western medicine has a toolkit that can be very effective, but, especially as fibromyalgia patients, we need options. Whether it’s a prescription, practice, or...
Episode 150: Long Covid Research and Innovative Treatment with Dr. Keith Ellis: Ask the Coach
COVID-19 has affected many of us; for some, the journey still hasn’t ended. For the past four years, Tami has received a ton of questions about the intersection of COVID-19, long COVID, and fibromyalgia. Unfortunately, it’s been tough to find good answers with the spread...
Episode 180: How Do I Know If My Fibromyalgia Is Improving? Ask the Coach
“We don't go from severely symptomatic to fibro-free overnight, right? Improvement with fibromyalgia can be subtle, and it does take time.” - Tami Stackelhouse Going through life with fibromyalgia, many of us quietly hope that one day we’ll wake up without pain, fatigue, or brain...