Ginevra Liptan, M.D. is a graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine, board-certified in internal medicine, and trained in functional medicine, a holistic approach that blends both western and alternative medicine. After developing Fibromyalgia as a medical student, Dr. Liptan spent many years using herself as guinea pig to find successful treatments, and has fine-tuned her approach by treating thousands of patients.

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She is the author of The FibroManual: A Complete Fibromyalgia Treatment Guide for You and Your Doctor and The Fibro Food Formula. She is also a huge fan of Frida Kahlo (the original fibromyalgia badass!) and a proud “crazy plant lady".

One year after being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in 1997, Sharon founded a Fibromyalgia Support & Education Group in Michigan that has grown into a national 501(c)3 non-profit organization called the Fibromyalgia Association. The Association provides support, education, and advocacy. She became a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC) to help people manage Fibromyalgia and has a private coaching practice called Sharon Waldrop, NBC-HWC LLC.

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Learning about Fibro has been her key Fibro management strategy. "The more I learned translated into the more I tried and resulted in new small successes. These small successes began to add up to big life-changing and sustainable successes," says Sharon. Sharon has gone from bedridden to rock climbing.