fibromyalgia information

People who are eventually diagnosed with fibromyalgia may have spent years visiting doctors and undergoing inconclusive tests. The most effective test for diagnosing the condition involves pressing 18 points on the body and determining how much pain the pressure causes. In an average person, the pressure will be slight and the pain, if any, will be mild. In a person with fibromyalgia, however, the application of pressure to these points causes intense pain. Many people who suffer from fibromyalgia experience sleep problems, fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), headaches, temporomandibular pain (pain in the jaw joint known as TMJ), and cognitive or memory impairments. Many fibromyalgia sufferers report being more sensitive to light, sound, touch, and smell than non-sufferers.
Chiropractic for Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a mysterious and complex disorder for which there is no cure. Chiropractic treatment has helped many people by reducing fibromyalgia symptoms and improving quality of life.

Pilates for Fibromyalgia

Pilates offers a complementary or alternative approach to relieving some of the most troubling symptoms of fibromyalgia.

Reflexology for Fibromyalgia

Individuals diagnosed with the chronic pain syndrome known as fibromyalgia have reported a reduction in symptoms afte...

Bowen Technique for Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a increasingly common medical condition that is still not well understood. Often causing pain, weakne...

Laser Therapy and Fibromyalgia

Many people with fibromyalgia are looking for less invasive treatments or to avoid drug interactions and side effects...

Aromatherapy/Essential Oils for Fibromyalgia

Aromatherapy with essential oils can help treat fibromyalgia by relieving pain, fatigue, insomnia, digestive discomfo...

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fibromyalgia videos

Medical Massage For Fibromyalgia
Medical Massage For Fibromyalgia

Short video demonstrates and explains the developmental process of fibromyalgia and demonstrates the hands-on protocol of full-body massage for patients with fibromyalgia.

Naturally Managing Fibromyalgia
Naturally Managing Fibromyalgia

One of the most mysterious conditions of modern times is fibromyalgia. This video discusses a natural approach to care.

Fibromyalgia Diagnosis and New Treatment
Fibromyalgia Diagnosis and New Treatment

Dr. Vickery discusses the diagnosis and treatment of Fibromyalgia in traditional medicine versus energetic testing and the successes found with Platinum Amino Acids Plus.

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fibromyalgia blogs

My Massage Works

I was blessed yesterday to work on a fellow massage therapist who, like me, has fibromyalgia.  She called because her body was so achey that she wanted literally leap out of her skin just to get a ...

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Pain Free Posture MN & Pilates Integration Mind. Body. Spirit.

Low-impact exercise such as Pilates have been shown to improve symptoms of and restore muscle strength in people with fibromyalgia (FMS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Pilates can be considere...

Naturopathic Women's Health in Phoenix, AZ

Dr. Marianne Marchese is a leader in assessing environmental risk factors for certain health conditions. She completed a six-month post-graduate certification training in environmental medicine and...

Bundy Acupuncture Evanston IL

Stress manifests in your body in a variety of different ways.   Stress-related illness is defined as any illness whose root cause is attributed to the chronic and excessive release of "s...

Nature For Life - Women's & Men's Health

Autoimmunity involves the immune system failing to recognize the body's cells and tissues as being a part of the body, which results in the immune system attacking those cells and tissues. Any di...

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