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Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia: Widespread Pain in Joints, Muscles, Tendons, Soft Tissues, Fatigue, Stiffness, Headaches, Depression

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Fibromyalgia is a common condition characterized by widespread pain in joints, muscles, tendons, and other soft tissues. Some other problems commonly linked with fibromyalgia include:

• Fatigue
• Morning stiffness
• Sleep problems
• Headaches
• Numbness in hands and feet
• Depression
• Anxiety

Fibromyalgia can develop on its own, or secondary to other musculoskeletal conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, or systemic lupus.

• Diagnosis of fibromyalgia requires a history of a least three months of widespread pain, and pain and tenderness in at least 11 of 18 tender-point sites. These tender-point sites include fibrous tissue or muscles of the:
   

  Neck Shoulders Chest Rib cage Lower back

  Thighs Knees Arms (elbows) Buttocks

• The overwhelming characteristic of fibromyalgia is long-standing, body-wide pain with defined tender points.
   
  • Tender points are distinct from trigger points seen in other pain syndromes
    
  • Unlike tender points, trigger points can occur in isolation and represent a source of radiating pain, even in the absence of direct pressure
    
• Fibromyalgia pain can mimic the pain experienced by people with various types of arthritis
  
• The soft-tissue pain of fibromyalgia is described as deep-aching, radiating, gnawing, shooting or burning, and ranges from mild to severe
  
• Fibromyalgia sufferers tend to waken with body aches and stiffness.
  

Treatment

Chiropractic care works to relieve fibromyalgia pain and symptoms.

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