Fibromyalgia Treatment in Burlington
Our Burlington Chiropractor Can Treat Your Fibromyalgia
Dr. Derek Jasek has a wealth of experience treating patients dealing with fibromyalgia, providing relief and facilitating a return to optimal health. Our approachable team is ready to support you. If you’re experiencing fibromyalgia in Burlington, take the first step in your treatment journey by requesting an appointment today.
Chiropractic & Fibromyalgia – The Stress Connection:
In today’s busy environment, doctors are frequently being called upon to look at ailments with no obvious physical causes. These so called “stress syndromes” (eg. chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia) have served as a source of confusion and debate within the scientific community. To the average person they have created another source of anxiety and have put the general public at risk of falling for fad treatments and remedies.
This article will attempt to explain what is meant by the word, STRESS, how it effects your daily life and what you can do to minimize the negative aspects of stress and therefore help fibromyalgia symptoms. Firstly, we should discuss the correct terminology; stress is the way your body reacts to a STRESSOR. A stressor can be a death in the family, financial worries, etc.
The response to any stressor is always the same. It consists of preprogrammed processes such as increased muscle tension and blood pressure. This is part of the “fight or flight” response. To a point, you can adequately handle the stressors, but when too many stressors accumulate, or when your body is weak due to poor nutrition or internal stressors, a stage of adaptation exhaustion is reached. Simply put, your body can only deal with so much before it fails, then you experience fatigue, insomnia, sickness etc. Inadequate nutrition weakens your body’s ability to deal with stress and you will experience stress symptoms sooner.
Fibromyalgia Therapies & Treatment
The internal stressor mentioned above refers to the aches and pains of joint and muscle strain. Pain creates a constant stressor on your body and lowers the level at which stress will affect your health. Therefore, having your aches and pains treated removes a source of constant stress and gives you the energy to handle the other stressors life throws at you daily. Chiropractic works to alleviate the pain, stiffness and nerve interference of fibromyalgia and allows the body to function close to 100%. I have had great success with fibromyalgia patients by using this approach.
In addition, a very large stressors we all experience that can lower our ability to deal with stress is called SUBLUXATION. When a vertebra in your spine is out of alignment it can pinch a nerve. Any nerve can be pinched even the nerves that control the function of your internal organs. When this happens the communication of the nervous system in the body is off, chemicals and hormones may not be produced in the right quantities, tissues may not get the nutrition required. In general, your ability to stay healthy is diminished.
Chiropractors are trained to restore the health of your spine and remove subluxations. This allows your nervous system to function at its maximum capacity and lets you deal with the stress of life much better. Your chiropractor is also a holistic practitioner that can develop an anti-stress program for you. It may include meditation, exercise and advice on proper nutrition.
About Headon Chiropractic Wellness Centre
Headon Chiropractic Wellness Centre is a multidisciplinary wellness clinic offering chiropractic care, physiotherapy, massage therapy, and more to our Burlington community. Conveniently located on Walkers Line just south of Upper Middle, our team is here with convenient hours to help relieve your pain and achieve your health goals. Request your appointment with us today!