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Fibromyalgia Care
Accredited fibromyalgia education for professionals, patients, and advocates designed to improve real-world outcomes.
We provide accredited, fibromyalgia-specific training for patients, advocates, and providers — restoring lives through real-world education and support.
Formed in 2015 by Fibromyalgia Wellness Expert and Master Coach Tami Stackelhouse, the International Fibromyalgia Coaching Institute (IFCI) is the first coaching institute dedicated solely to fibromyalgia. We offer Certified Fibromyalgia Coach® and Certified Fibromyalgia Advisor® training programs utilizing Tami's signature Fibromyalgia Wellness Framework℠, which has been life-changing for patients worldwide. Graduates report significant improvements in their symptoms and make a positive impact globally. Committed to education, awareness, and research, IFCI empowers individuals to reclaim their health, live fulfilling lives, and supports global research initiatives to find effective therapies.
Our training programs are professionally recognized and may qualify for ANCC-accredited continuing education contact hours for eligible health and wellness professionals.
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Join Our Fibromyalgia Training Program
IFCI’s training programs go deeper into fibromyalgia than most traditional training programs, focusing on evidence-based insight, real-world understanding, lived experience, and practical application. Many healthcare professionals come to IFCI specifically to fill gaps in their fibromyalgia education, alongside coaches, advocates, and individuals living with fibromyalgia who want clearer answers and more effective ways forward.
While many fibromyalgia treatments are associated with modest changes on the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR), IFCI graduates report average improvements of approximately 50% during the 90-day training period, with some reporting improvements of 70% or more. These outcomes reflect a training approach grounded in clarity, stability, and sustainable capacity-building, rather than short-term symptom management.
Students leave the program with greater clarity and practical tools to support meaningful, lasting change—helping clients, as well as themselves, move beyond survival toward restoring their lives with fibromyalgia.
Find a Certified Fibromyalgia Coach®
Working with a Certified Fibromyalgia Coach® is designed to help you reduce fibromyalgia symptoms and pain so you can keep working, show up for the people you love, and live life on your own terms.
We understand the daily realities of fibromyalgia firsthand. Every Certified Fibromyalgia Coach® has personal experience living with fibromyalgia and brings deep, lived understanding of brain fog, fatigue, pain, disrupted sleep, and the emotional toll that often accompanies chronic illness.
Our coaches combine deep, fibromyalgia-specific training with lived experience to help you understand which treatments are most effective, advocate for your needs within the medical system, and make sustainable changes you can actually maintain in daily life. The goal is not just symptom management, but meaningful, lasting improvement that supports restoring your life with fibromyalgia.
“The more you know, the better you are, and the more power you have to take control of your health. This class definitely made me feel more powerful and more in control of my situation.”
-ANGELA FRESCHOLTZ, CERTIFIED FIBROMYALGIA ADVISOR®
Fibromyalgia is largely absent from medical training. U.S. physicians receive an average of approximately nine educational sessions on pain management overall—based on published analyses of U.S. medical education curricula—not fibromyalgia or chronic pain specifically. As a result, many people with fibromyalgia are left without clear guidance or coordinated support. A Certified Fibromyalgia Coach® helps fill this gap by supporting patients in understanding their condition, navigating care decisions, and working more effectively with their healthcare providers.
The International Fibromyalgia Coaching Institute, LLC is committed to advancing education, awareness, and research for the often invisible illness of fibromyalgia. In addition to training coaches worldwide, IFCI donates a portion of each student’s tuition to fibromyalgia research and awareness organizations and offers scholarships to patients who may not otherwise be able to access training due to financial constraints.
Information given on this site should not be considered medical advice, nor is it intended to replace consulting with a qualified physician or other health care provider. The views and opinions expressed by authors and guests are those of the individual author or guest and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Fibromyalgia Podcast®, The Fibro Compass℠, or the International Fibromyalgia Coaching Institute, LLC.
Testimonials shown are actual students who have completed one of IFCI’s training programs and are in no way a guarantee of results. Results quoted are either a) the actual results for that individual or b) average results for students who have completed the training. Since each individual and their medical situation is unique, results may vary.
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