Toronto-Centre Naturopathic Medicine is a Toronto naturopathic clinic dedicated to providing safe and effective treatment of a wide variety of health conditions using natural therapies and the principles of naturopathic medicine.
Fibromyalgia is well treated using naturopathic medicine. Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition characterized by fatigue and widespread pain in your muscles, ligaments and tendons. Although its’ cause is unknown, ipresent medical opinion is that the brains of persons with fibromyalgia have abnormal levels of certain chemicals (neurotransmitters) that signal pain. Symptoms of fibromyalgia often begin after an infection or physical or emotional trauma, and with time often lead to depression.
Symptoms of fibromyalgia
Possible symptoms of fibromyalgia include:
- Constant, dull, aching pain over your whole body
- Fatigue in spite of adequate sleep
Fibromyalgia treatment at Toronto-Centre Naturopathic Medicine
At Toronto-Centre Naturopathic Medicine, the goals of fibromyalgia treatment are eliminating pain and fatigue, and preventing symptom recurrence.
Conventional treatment for fibromyalgia may include a variety of medications, including antidepressants, anti-seizure medications and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) which may have short- or long-term side effects. For this reason, you may choose to try natural treatment to possibly avoid use of conventional medications, or together with conventional medications in order to decrease dosages of conventional medications required to manage your fibromyalgia symptoms.
Naturopathic treatment of any chronic health concern must be recognized as a process that involves identifying specific treatment goals, a thorough understanding by your naturopathic doctor of all factors affecting your health, including physical, psychological, emotional and lifestyle factors, development of a comprehensive treatment plan and execution of that plan through periodic monitoring and adjustment.
At Toronto-Centre Naturopathic Medicine a typical approach to treating fibromyalgia is to first identify and address underlying factors in your lifestyle (e.g., stress, poor diet, sleep disruptions, sedentary lifestyle) and general health (e.g., other rheumatic disease). Where appropriate, a number of therapeutic options are available, to be used alone, or more often in a complementary fashion, including:
- Cleansing protocols
- Nutritional supplements
- Botanical (herbal) medicines
- Homeopathic medicines
- Acupuncture
- Bowen Therapy
- SuikodoTM
- Exercise prescription
- Relaxation techniques
- Lifestyle counseling
Reference
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. Fibromyalgia [Online]. [cited 2009 Feb 18]; Available from: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fibromyalgia/DS00079