Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal aches, pain and stiffness, soft tissue tenderness, general fatigue, and sleep disturbances. The most common sites of pain include the neck, back, shoulders, pelvic girdle, and hands, but any body part can be affected. Fibromyalgia patients experience a range of symptoms of varying intensities that wax and wane over time.
We treat fibromyalgia from a neurological perspective, and we use some or all of the following treatments:
Oxygen... your brain and nervous system need two things to survive: fuel and activation. Activation comes from the treatments that are listed below. Fuel comes in the form of oxygen and glucose. You get the glucose from the food that you eat, which is why it is important to eat a healthy diet. As you age, your ability to utilize oxygen decreases. One of our treatments is to give patients oxygen to increase their body's fuel delivery system. It's like gas in the car... if you don't have any gas in the car, you are not going anywhere. If you don't have oxygen available for your brain and nervous system, most likely, no treatment will work!
AUDITORY STIMULATION... listening to sound in one ear will stimulate the opposite side of the brain and increase impulses.
OLFACTORY STIMULATION...smelling different scents will stimulate the brain. Your sight, sound, taste, and touch all travel through a sensory area of your brain called the thalamus. Smell goes directly to the brain.
CALORICS... warm water in the ear will stimulate the semicircular canals in your ear and fire the vestibular nerve back to your cerebellum. The cerebellum fires to the brain, the brain fires to the lower brainstem (ponto-medullary region), and your lower brainstem slows down the upper brainstem (mesencephalon).
These are just a few of the treatments that may be used to help your brain increase its firing. For more information on Fibromyalgia and how our cutting edge treatment is helping people just like you, please click the link below.
