24/10/2024
I have fibromyalgia..can massage help me?
Studies have shown that massage therapy for 5 weeks or more significantly improved pain, anxiety, and depression in patients with fibromyalgia. (Massage Therapy for Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials-PLoS One. 2014)
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex clinical syndrome characterised by widespread pain and a cluster of other symptoms including anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance, stiffness, fatigue, tingling in hands and feet, difficulty concentrating or thinking clearly, digestive upset including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), and more.
Sensitivity to light, sounds, smells, and temperature may be present. However, the overriding presentation is widespread body pain for at least three (3) months.
75% of fibromyalgia sufferer's seek massage therapy, a testament to its usefulness.
At Bodytopia™ we understand Fibromyalgia and chronic pain.