Can Chiropractic Help Fibromyalgia?
Chiropractic helps those who suffer from fibromyalgia in order to keep the spine and muscles from losing too much movement. Because fibromyalgia causes the muscles to tighten up and lose some of their natural flexibilty,resulting in a loss of movement in the spine. This loss of movement in a neurological reflex that causes the muscles in the spine to further tighten. This cycle will continue and over a period of it time will lead to increased pain, increased muscle tightness, loss of movement, and difficulty sleeping . The only option is to continually adjust the spine and keep it moving. It is not uncommon for those with fibromyalgia to be adjusted four or more times per month to keep everything loosed and relaxed. The biggest concern in treating people with fibromyalgia is that their muscles have a diminished healing ability. For this reason, chiropractic adjustments are usually modified slightly. This helps to decrease the stress on all of the small supporting muscles of the spine,
