Foot notes
Retracing the steps towards diagnosis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5144511 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K Engle (0009-0004-4900-398X, University of Windsor, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 744-761 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00380261221106519 |
| OpenAlex | W4293574482 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
In this article, I describe the experience of a chronic pain diagnosis. Combining memoir, medical history, and literary precedents, I begin with a reflection on my own history with walking. Walking leads to foot pain which eventually leads to diagnosis of a full-body chronic condition: fibromyalgia. Through an exploration of the history of hysteria, one of fibromyalgia's ancestors, I consider some of the resonances between these conditions
Art · Art history · Chronic pain · Fibromyalgia · Foot (prosody) · Hysteria · Literature · Medical history · Memoir · Physical medicine and rehabilitation · Physical therapy · Psychoanalysis · Reflection (computer programming) · Sociology · Computer Science · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research · Hereditary Neurological Disorders · History · Medicine · Psychology · Surgery
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |