Fibromyalgia Treatment with Chiropractic

If you are struggling with fibromyalgia, you are not alone, as Dr. Fritz sees many patients with this particular problem in our Jacksonville and Fleming Island chiropractic clinic. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that roughly 2% of all adults in the USA have fibromyalgia pain. Luckily, chiropractic treatment is one treatment option that can provide positive results.

Research Shows Chiropractic Adjustments Reduces Fibromyalgia Issues

In a medical study published in mid-2015, 215 adults with fibromyalgia were assessed 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 treatment program 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 adjustments in conjunction with the multi-modal therapy program reported greater benefits in all areas (pain, sleep, depression, and anxiety) at 12 weeks post-treatment when compared to the study patients who received multi-modal therapy without chiropractic treatment. Furthermore, those positive benefits were long-lasting as the subjects reported continued improvement one full year later.

Fibromyalgia issues can substantially diminish your quality of life, both psychologically and physically. If you're dealing with fibromyalgia, we might be able to help.

You don't have to suffer! To find out what Dr. Fritz can do for your fibromyalgia discomfort, call our Jacksonville and Fleming Island chiropractic office today.

Studies

• 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.