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Patients with fibromyalgia respond to chiropractic

The may 2000 issue of the journal of manipulative and physiological therapuetics reports that 60% of a group of patients with Fibromyalgia responded very well to chiropractic care.

 

The patients in the study had Fibromyalgia for more than 3 months and were adult members of a regional Fibromyalgia association. Each participant was adjusted during 30 visits with self-administered assessments taken at the beginning of the study, after 15 visits, 30 visits and 30 days after completion of the study. Researchers were looking for improvement in three areas; pain intensity, fatigue level and sleep quality.

 

15 women completed the trial. 9 of them (60%) were classified as "respondents". Respondents were those participants who experienced at least a 50% improvement in pain intensity over the course of the study.

 

After 30 visits, the respondents showed an average lessening of 77.2% in pain intensity and an improvement of 63.5% in sleep quality and 74.8% in fatigue level. The improvement in all three areas continued after 1 month without chiropractic care.

 

a similar study in 1986 and reported in the american journal of medicine (1986; 81:7-14) found that 45.9% of people who had Fibromyalgia and went to a chiropractor experienced moderate to great improvement. In the same study, anti-depressant medication benefited only 36.3% of those studied and exercise was limited to a 31.8% rate of improvement.

 

By way of commentary, there is absolutely no doubt that removing interference to your central nervous system by correcting vertebral subluxations helps restore the body's in-born, built-in  ability to heal itself. Whether you suffer from a serious condition like Fibromyalgia or not, you will benefit from chiropractic care. Your body will be healthier and function better as a result.