Treating Fibromylagia Pain
by NUCCA Chiropractor, Dr. Devin Luzod & Spinal Care of Nevada Las Vegas
Chiropractic Treatments for Fibromylagia
A Patient Speaks...
In Patricia's world, this pain couldn't be lived with. "I was in pain 98-99% of the day and night, waking regularly because of discomfort. I had been to Chiropractors for 12 1/2 years with little success, and after nearly 20 years of suffering Fibromyalgia symptoms including migraines, pain in my neck, chest, low back and into my legs I had begun to lose hope. After being treated at Dr. Luzod's Las Vegas Chiropractic office my physical, mental and emotional state is 75-80% improved, and I will be flying back from Texas for follow-ups. You are a humanitarian and a blessing in my life."
~ Patricia Hamilton, Texas
After providing upper cervical chiropractic fibromyalgia treatments (FMS) to thousands of sufferers, this has become a familiar scenario. And if you're family or friends of a fibromyalgia patient, you've probably seen them slowly deteriorate from the side-effects of the medication, or the severe lack of quality, restful sleep. It is a condition of pain throughout the body, but that's just the start. Sufferers have poor, un-rested sleep, organ problems and are often giving drugs that cause more problems than they do good. Allowing fibromyalgia to go untreated is not only extremely painful, it may make future attacks harder to control.
John's Story
John McClain flew in from Reno for NUCCA chiropractic in Las Vegas . His medical file, the size of a small phonebook, listed 31 Rx meds, 11 different diagnosis and numerous doctors and specialists. His MD wrote, "John has trouble sleeping through a night, and must get out of his car every 1/2 hour because of the pain...He worries about dying, having to sell his business and leaving his wife and twin daughters alone." Like many sufferers, he had "been everywhere," and eventually doctors were telling him it's all in his head! After having his atlas adjusted with NUCCA John stated that he had 80% relief and was able to sleep through the night. He now is back to business full time, and gets his upper cervical area checked periodically, just to make sure the pain never comes back.
NUCCA, Fibromyalgia & Science
Science agrees that fibromyalgia patients typically present with varying degrees of postural distortion, and there is associated poor sleep. We've found that without proper sleep, the body never reaches the REM stage, which is where the internal organs can rest and recover. This is why end-stage FMS leads to organ problems and shut down. The NUCCA correction fixes postural distortion, often times our patients report their best night of sleep in years, following their initial correction.
With FMS, people feel as though they are running out of options, but if they know a tested, safe procedure which gently realigns the neck vertebrae taking pressure off the brainstem, and in many cases, eliminating fibromyalgia completely. Knowing that this most important option still remains, lets them know that there is hope, and with this condition, they don't have to learn to live with it. The pain is real, and it's stealing from their life.
Upper Cervical Chiropractic Fibromyalgia Research Project
In an upper cervical chiropractic fibromyalgia research project, the clinical observations of 23 successive cases, 92-100% improvement in symptoms was achieved subsequent to corrections of the occipito-atlanto-axial complex.
NUCCA Chiropractic has studied the science of the brainstem, an area protected by the upper most neck bone known as the atlas. Any shifting of this bone due to auto accidents, falls, sports injuries, arthritis, degeneration, or just plain wear and tear, can put direct pressure on the brainstem, and force the body to compensate underneath, causing pain from head to toe. Pressure on the brainstem can be evaluated and gently treated using NUCCA Chiropractic techniques.
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Low Level Laser Treatments for Fibromyalgia
Our office also provides low level laser pain relief. Low-level laser works on a microscopic, cellular level. It is postulated that the "energized light" from the laser increases blood supply to the nerves, reduces inflammation, and promotes healing of damaged nerves. A number of papers have shown a reduction of pain with laser treatments. In a study involving over 4,000 subjects who had suffered from chronic painful conditions, more than eighty percent of the subjects found a marked lessening of their symptoms following use of low-level laser.
In another study involving 69 subjects and a total of 302 laser treatment sessions, over ninety percent of the subjects with chronic pain experienced greater than fifty percent total relief following treatment.
We urge you to share this information with your family, friends or co-workers, take a moment to reach out and let them know there's help through a Las Vegas NUCCA Chiropractor.
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Open Book Policy
Ps...We invite you to arrive early and observe our procedures, or chat with patients to learn how NUCCA Chiropractic has helped them. We are an "open book", and as long standing Las Vegas physicians we want you to have a comfortable, healing experience in our office.
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