Hey mark im a 21 year old guy from the us.. for me the tender points didnt hurt bad equally but some of my sholders felt uncomfortable..with guys it can effect us different from what ive read but you may not feel pain fron every point is all im saying. Hope this helps bro.

Hi, I am in the uk and diagnosed recently based on symptoms. I don't know if I have the tender points as my doctor didn't examine me. I did get examined a week later due to chest pain and I think he hit a tender point then as it hurt and it was the wrong place for costochondritis but I do have that as well.

Hi,I’m in the UK. I was diagnosed by my doctor without the tender point examination, after years of complaining about one symptom and then another, after a few blood tests to rule out other diseases it was finally diagnosed last year. Hope that helps ☺️

Hi, I’m in the The UK too (Scotland) and only recently diagnosed. I was aware of tender points but have never been asked about them or examined for them. However, I recently broke a bone in my foot and when the A&E nurse was examining my lower leg she pressed a point on my shin which had me howling. Not a “traditional” pressure point but I’m guessing that’s what it was

Gp, they thought it was osteoarthritis of the hands at first but thought I was too young but couldn't offer an alternative explanation. As my list of symptoms increased I went back to see if they thought my hips and knees had it too and saw a different gp. She also thought I was too young but offered an xray and blood test to look for inflammation with the plan being to send me for physio if the results were normal which they were. However by this point my symptoms had flared rapidly and my list grew longer and I was able to explain myself better. As soon as I mentioned skin pain she started nodding and asked me questions and based on that told me it is fibro. I was hoping she would say I was a hypochondriac, thats how I explained it, I always seem to have some symptom or other.