FIBROMYALGIA

Fibromyalgia is characterized by musculoskeletal pain all across the body along with fatigue, sleep, memory, and mood problems. Researchers believe that fibromyalgia amplifies painful sensations by affecting the way your brain and spinal cord process painful and non-painful signals.

Symptoms will usually start after some event, such as injury, surgery, infection, or significant psychological stress. Otherwise, symptoms will gradually accumulate over time with no discernable triggering event.

While fibromyalgia has no cure, medications can help control symptoms. Exercise, relaxation, and stress-reduction measures can also help.

What are the symptoms of fibromyalgia?

  • Widespread pain
  • Fatigue
  • Cognitive difficulties (Commonly referred  to as “fibro fog”

Fibromyalgia often co-exists with other conditions, such as:

What are the causes of fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia is often triggered by a stressful event, including physical and emotional (psychological) events. Repeated nerve stimulation may change the brain and spinal cord of people with fibromyalgia. Abnormal increase in levels of certain chemicals in the brain that signal pain results from this change.

Pain receptors in the brain seem to develop a sort of memory of the pain and become sensitized, meaning they can overreact to painful and nonpainful signals.

The main factors that cause these changes are:

  • Genetics
  • Infections
  • Emotional or Physical Events

What are the treatments for fibromyalgia?

Physical Therapy

Physical therapists diagnose and treat patients with medical problems or injuries that limit their ability to take part in their daily lives. Patients will usually see a physical therapist after a referral by their primary physician. Physical therapists work with patients who have experienced an injury or disease that has affected their movement and range of motion.

At Nextgen Pain & Injury Clinic, our team of licensed physical therapists and rehabilitation experts will focus on your total health and wellness. Regardless of the cause or source of your pain, we will develop a treatment plan with your unique issues in mind.

Our treatment philosophy emphasizes evidence-based manual and therapeutic exercise techniques that are tailored toward efficiently returning patients, athletes, and employees to their pre-injury status. We treat orthopedic and sports injuries and provide spinal rehabilitation, post-surgical rehabilitation, and industrial rehabilitation. Personalized physical therapy is used to treat a variety of conditions.

  • Chronic and acute medical problems
  • Knee pain
  • Back pain
  • Leg Pain
  • Ankle pain
  • Sports injuries
  • Musculoskeletal injuries
  • Chronic medical problems
  • Neurological conditions such as spinal cord injuries

Between the bones and soft tissues all throughout the human body, small fluid-filled sacs known as “Bursae” cushion impact and help your body parts glide smoothly when moving.

If these Bursae suffer from inflammation or irritation, physicians call this condition “Bursitis”.

The subacromial bursae in the shoulder help lubricate the rotator cuff and commonly suffer from this condition. Patients suffering from subacromial bursitis may feel stiffness and pain in the shoulder, as well as swelling, redness, and soreness, which can cause difficulty sleeping.

Advanced Bursitis can completely immobilize the shoulder, leading to a condition known as “frozen shoulder.”

If you or a loved one suffers from fibromyalgia, contact us. Let Nextgen Wellness give you the care you deserve.

Our mission is to help patients to return to work, improve their quality of life, reduce dependence on medication and healthcare providers, and avoid persistent injuries.

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