Apr
7
Chiropractic Care For Fibromyalgia Pain
Filed Under Fibromyalgia
Can chiropractic care really help those who suffer with Fibromyalgia?
Increasingly people are saying yes.
Fibromyalgia is a disorder of the muscles. Its main symptoms include muscle pain, tender points throughout the body, fatigue and sleeping disorders, and mild to severe depression. Fibromyalgia affects primarily women between the ages of 20 and 50, with current numbers showing around 3 to 6 million Americans currently diagnosed.
In many cases, western medicine simply provides a prescription to try and reduce the symptoms. Because someone may be suffering from a variety of things, one pill can’t cover everything. So certain symptoms may persist.
Studies are repeatedly performed in which a comparison is made between drug treatment and lifestyle modifications. When a woman takes an active approach in changing her lifestyle – more exercise, change of the diet, rest and relaxation, and using wellness techniques such as chiropractic care – she will invariably see better results from the latter approach.
Chiropractic care helps by adjusting the spine, relieving the tension, and improving the way your nervous system talks to your body. Chiropractic care doesn’t cure fibromyalgia, or provide a quick fix to your health issues. Instead, its about adjusting the way your body functions, and bringing it back to optimal working order (or as close as possible).
If you’ve tried other approaches, and you just can’t seem to get relief, maybe its time for a new approach. Chiropractic care may be the help you’ve been looking for.
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