Alternative Fibromyalgia Treatment

FIBROMYALGIA is a pain in the muscles and soft tissue above and below the waist and on both sides of the body. Fibromyalgia is a syndrome, a cluster of symptoms that occur together with an unknown cause.

In this syndrome, the nervous system can not control what is perceived, so the natural feeling of the muscles, joints, and soft tissue is experienced as pain. People affected by fibromyalgia feel pain even when they do not experience injury or inflammation.

To overcome the pain of fibromyalgia, the more people who try alternative treatments. Even people just follow the feeling by putting an ice pack on the affected part. Acupuncture has also become a major alternative treatment. Now, researchers are trying to restore the effectiveness of different ways (home remedies) and alternative medicine.

"In all of these therapies, we stimulate the center of pressure, we think they are having the same working mechanism," says Tiffany Field, PhD, director of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine.

Pressure was applied exactly at the point of pain are alternated throughout the body. The central pressure has nerve connections to the main nerves in the body that affect the psychology. This reduces the flow of stress hormones and chemicals that cause pain, and increased production of chemicals associated with mood such as serotonin, he says. The result: The body more relaxed, you feel better, sleep better, and you are more able to tolerate the pain of fibromyalgia better.

Over the last three decades, there have been more than 80 studies that examined the effects of massage on various conditions. His team studied more in depth about the psychological processes involved during sleep, particularly as it relates to the pain of fibromyalgia.

Researchers find out patients' sleep patterns, also measured levels of "substance P" brain chemicals that play a role in fibromyalgia pain. The pain of fibromyalgia sufferers have a content of "substance P" which is higher in the spinal fluid. They also have lower serotonin levels than the normal limit.

When they do the massage, all that changed. Studies have shown that patients who have levels of "substance P" that is lower in saliva experienced pain reduction. This study involves a massage for 20 minutes. There is also a bonus for the masseuse: people who are massaged have levels of stress hormones that lower as well.

To obtain greater profits, it is important for you to perform moderate pressure. It does not matter whether you are rubbing, squeezing, or spanking, what matters is putting pressure, "said Field. You have to move the skin. It does not hurt, but it must be more than light punches. It has been found that a light blow will not help.

Massage also helps relieve depression, Field added. "Depression is associated with low levels of serotonin, dopamine is low, high cortisol. We can solve it with a massage. There are many positive benefits of massage.

Acupuncture and the treatment of fibromyalgia

Acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, also helped overcome the symptoms of fibromyalgia. Acupuncture makes chemicals the brain to reduce anxiety, insomnia, stress, and pain.

Acupuncture is done by inserting the needle at certain places in the body to increase the flow of chi/qi, vital energy that moves through the body's energy pathways, called meridians.

Studies show that acupuncture can provide dramatic results in blood flow and breathing. Acupuncture has also been associated with the production of endorphins (natural pain relievers) are also substances other brain chemicals, including serotonin and cortisol.

"In acupuncture, they stimulate the areas of pressure, just like we do with a massage," says Field.

In one study, fibromyalgia patients do 6 times acupuncture within 2-3 weeks. Compared with patients who did not perform the actual treatment, acupuncture patients experienced symptoms of fatigue and anxiety are less after doing acupuncture.

Acupressure

Acupressure is another type of alternative medicine that can reduce the symptoms of fibromyalgia. Acupressure uses the pressure of the fingers, rather than needles as in acupuncture, but on the meridians and chi the same center. For those of you who are less comfortable with a needle can use the Acupressure.

Warm water, ice bags, and treatment of Fibromyalgia

Warm bath, use an ice bag, and putting pressure on the recovery at home (home remedies) that has been done and indeed useful.

You get warm, soak in cold water with ice. Your joints hurt, you want to warm yourself. Hit your elbow, you are cool with ice.

There are scientific reasons for doing this. "Temperature and pressure have the same effect in pain control," said Field. Temperature and pressure can also reduce inflammation and pain by stopping pain signals, he explained.

Using cold water, warm the body, or apply pressure to close the gate to the next signal, which is a pain signal. "Temperature and pressure neurons move faster than pain neurons," said Field. "They could protect."

Field suggested the pain following healing tricks:

Rub the centers are ill with a hard object. This is called the massage itself, and very effective, he said. With a rub, then you're stimulating pressure receptors, which help reduce pain. This is effective and can be done alone.