Chiropractic Care Offers Long Term Benefits for Fibromyalgia Sufferers

Chiropractic Spinal Adjustments Concluded to Be Effective during Treatment of Fibromyalgia Discomfort in Depew

If you suffer from fibromyalgia, you are not alone, as Dr. Palmer sees many people with this particular condition in our Depew chiropractic practice. As a matter of fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that roughly two percent of all adults in the USA have fibromyalgia pain. Luckily, chiropractic care is one treatment option that can provide positive results.

Research Supports Chiropractic Adjustments Lessens Fibromyalgia Issues

In a medical study released in mid-2015, 215 adults with fibromyalgia were evaluated based on factors ranging from pain to quality of sleep to the levels of depression symptoms or anxiety they felt. Then they were divided into two groups with one group receiving a multi-modal therapy plan for three months and the second group receiving the same program with the addition of chiropractic adjustments (specifically, to the upper neck area) for the same length of time.

The subjects who received chiropractic treatment combined with the multi-disciplinary therapy program reported greater benefits in all areas (pain, sleep, depression, and anxiety) at 12 weeks post-treatment when compared to the study participants who received multi-modal treatment without chiropractic care. Furthermore, those positive benefits were long-lasting as the people reported continued improvement one full year later.

Fibromyalgia pain can significantly decrease your quality of life, both mentally and physically. If you're dealing with fibromyalgia, we might be able to help.

You don't have to suffer! To see what Dr. Palmer can do for your fibromyalgia discomfort, call our Depew chiropractic office today.

Sources

• Fibromyalgia. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/arthritis/basics/fibromyalgia.htm on November 2, 2015.
• Moustafa I & Diab A. (2015, July). The addition of upper cervical manipulative therapy in the treatment of patients with fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial. Rheumatology International;35(7):1163-74.