An interesting post by Dr. Amy Myers MD on what she sees in the Fibro patients she has worked with.
This is posted on Hypothyroid Mom's website. PR
Written by Amy Myers MD
It is estimated that fibromyalgia affects nearly 6 million or 1 in 50 people. Fibromyalgia is classically characterized by chronic pain particularly muscle pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, brain fog or cognitive impairment, depression and painful tender points throughout the body.
Conventional medicine has yet to uncover the cause of fibromyalgia and only offers management of symptoms through pain medications and antidepressants.
Functional medicine, on the other hand looks to find the root cause of fibromyalgia and other chronic diseases, treating the problem at the root level thereby restoring the patient to health. As a functional medicine physician, I have helped many patients recover from fibromyalgia. Below are the top ten root causes of fibromyalgia I see in my clinic.
Thank you for posting. It's a long 'to do' list ! I was diagnosed with Fibro by a Rheumatologist in 2000 before the Hashimotos diagnosis in 2005. The improvement in my health was so good over time - by following various pieces of advice concerning the thyroid and learning how to fine tune my treatment.
I have always supported the concept that Low T3 is a big part of the condition. I am T3 only. However over the past few weeks muscles around major joints have flared up more than usual and are causing discomfort. The girl who does my massages often comments - the Fibro you do not have - well.....
Back to the list ! More fine tuning to be done !
Ensure you get your adrenals checked by a saliva test, Genova do this. If the adrenals are low then you will stress the body even more and cause more pain.
Thank you. Yes I have had my adrenals checked and if anything they are very slightly above range - possibly due to the inflammatory process of Crohns and Hashimotos I was told by my Physio/Acupuncturist
I also have trapped sciatic nerves on both sides which cause lots of inflammation too and problems - thanks to spinal surgery in 2007.