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Approximately 10 million Americans suffer from a condition known as fibromyalgia.
syndrome. This condition is characterized by widespread muscle pain, extreme
fatigue and chronic non-restorative sleep disturbances for more than three months
length. Although pain and swelling are among the symptoms, they are not
the cause of the disease. Therefore, treating the inflammation and pain of
fibromyalgia with anti-inflammatory drugs, pain relievers or even natural
remedy is rarely effective.
There are four common traumas that can cause fibromyalgia. Most patients with
fibromyalgia have experienced one of the following events 4 to 12 months ago
his symptoms appeared: (1) neck injuries or cervical spine trauma; (2) toxicity or
chemically induced trauma; (3) acute or prolonged severe emotional stress; and (4)
Immune system trauma from unresolved or undiagnosed viral disease.
Although these traumatic events appear unrelated on the surface, each can be
the precipitating cause of two systemic problems present in almost all
fibromyalgia patient. The first effect is damage to the neuroendocrine system,
resulting in adrenal exhaustion and hormonal imbalance. The second effect is
reduction of cellular energy in the mitochondria, which is the energy-producing part
of the cell. Recovery from fibromyalgia requires that all of the causative factors and the
hormonal and cellular energy production problems are addressed and corrected.
Although this approach has been effective with all types of fibromyalgia, this article
will address the evaluation and treatment of fibromyalgia caused by the cervical spine
trauma. Approximately 25 percent of fibromyalgia patients report the onset of
pain after cervical trauma. The most common injuries result from motor
vehicular accidents (whiplash), surgeries, trauma from falls or injuries from
lifting or moving heavy objects.
Symptoms associated with whiplash-induced fibromyalgia include:
bread; burning pain between the shoulder blades, shoulder, arm, hand, back, leg and
foot: headaches; tired; weakness; Sleep disturbance; depression; and digestive
problems. Patients with this type of fibromyalgia complain of pain, burning,
sharp, stabbing and/or stabbing pain.
A new treatment called frequency-specific microcurrent (FSM) offers hope to patients
with fibromyalgia. A clinical trial of 160 patients with induced cervical trauma
fibromyalgia treated between 1999 and 2003 was carried out using FSM. if you have
subjective pain scale (1 = no pain to 10 = severe pain), these patients reported a
mean pain reduction from 7.3 to 1.3 after their initial treatment with FSM.
The treatment involved the use of 200 to 600 microamps of direct electrical current
current to the spinal cord. Condition and tissue specific frequencies are used to
effectively reduce inflammation in the spinal cord and restore normal nerve
driving. Most of the patients who benefited from this treatment were pain-free during the
first time in years. Initial pain relief lasted from five to 48 hours and was the beginning of
Recovery.
Follow-up FSM treatments were performed twice a week and most patients required
daily use of a home FSM unit for pain control. The average of treatments
remain pain free was 10 treatments.
Recent studies have determined a biological mechanism for the result observed in
patients. FSM treatment affected the serum levels of several biochemicals
constituents including IL-1, IL-6, TNF-a, Substance-P, and LOX, which are
Biological chemicals related to inflammation/pain. All were significantly reduced
when measured after FSM treatment. There was also a dramatic increase in b-
endorphin, a natural chemical that helps reduce pain, and 500
percentage increase in ATP, the body’s fuel storage molecule used in cellular energy
production.
Dietary changes and nutritional supplements were combined with FSM
treatments to address other contributing factors, such as the endocrine and cellular system
energetic weaknesses in all patients. Also, depending on individual needs
of the patient, the following imbalances were corrected before a lasting recovery
could reach: neurotransmitter deficiencies (serotonin and catecholamines),
digestive problems, liver, adrenal and thyroid dysfunction, soft tissues and joints
unresolved mental/emotional problems and issues.
Beyond alleviating the effects of fibromyalgia, FSM has also shown great promise in
the successful treatment of sports injuries, chronic or acute joint pain/stiffness,
pain associated with gallstones and kidney stones, closed head injuries, shingles,
postherpetic neuralgia, infections, diabetic ulcers, wound healing and others
conditions that often do not respond to conventional medical treatment.