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This group is dedicated to formulating a good knowledge base from which MT's can obtain a high level of understanding of the condition and how best to treat the fibromyalgia client seeking their help.
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The video above was created by a sufferer to convey just how complex and depressing the condition can be.
When a fibromyalgia client first visits you for treatment, it is vital to show empathy and understanding. This is due to the likelyhood she will have had an extreamly long and difficult journey in obtaining a diagnosis,http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21765861 The double wammy, aggresive invisable pain, and not being believed by familly or medical profession because on the outside these clients look to be in ok health. In these cases support group information will be of help. =
The video below does not refere to massage therapy but does present Stanford University's pain management department's medical thinking on the mechanism's of fibromyalgia and the developement of future treatment strategies.
The above video goes into detail of the posibility of severe disruption to the descending noxious inhibitory controll mechanisms that lead to the client experiencing diffuse pain throughout the body. The research paper below speculates upon the posibility that multiple triggerpoints could be the cause of this.
http://www.cmjournal.org/content/6/1/13
An article by Eric Dalton http://erikdalton.com/media/published-articles/fibromyalgia-pain-fact-or-fiction/
September/October's http://www.massageprofessionals.com/group/massageandbodywork by Cara McGuinnis http://massagebodywork.idigitaledition.com/issues/20/
Thanks to Kelly Sanders for the facebook link http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/groups/108380879231706/
Linked in Fibromyalgia research info.
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Hello members .On the February 2nd 2012 we witnessed a press release related massage therapy of extreme healing power.Massaging muscles may reduce inflammation, spur mitochondria formation. USA Today…Continue
Started by Boris Prilutsky Feb 13, 2012.
Is massage therapy recognized as an therapeutic /medical procedure???This link is to my article on this subject, where I am not only answering this question but also proposing practical steps.…Continue
Started by Boris Prilutsky Dec 11, 2011.
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Comment by Boris Prilutsky on May 22, 2013 at 11:23am For many years , by providing specifically designed approach /massage therapy ,I am successfully treating patients who suffer from fibromyalgia, achieve sustained results and help to manage it so people can come back to normal life activities.
Few years ago I started developing silicone jars method. Due to clinical outcome, it became clear that silicone jars massage makes a huge difference in management of fibromyalgia symptoms. When the silicone jars is incorporated in medical massage protocol for fibromyalgia the results are coming faster and are easily sustainable.BTW. lower cytokine concentrations, is found within people when insufficient lymphatic drainage . Of course pH will drop, but not everyone will develop pain all over the body.in this case , and due to accumulation of metabolic toxic waste product , people just will have weak immune response , and easily can get sick , cold , flu etc..Because of myofascial dysfunctions within fibromyalgia patients , it will be insufficiency of lymphatic drainage. lower cytokine concentrations, in my views has nothing to do with pain. Additional info in my article
http://medicalmassage-edu.com/articles/47-article31
there is one typo within this article. Instead of inspiration, you should read inhalation.
Best wishes.
Boris
PS. Recently I had a patient, men 49 years old. Who did suffered from pain all over the body, was diagnosed with major depressive disorder, whatever its means. Interesting case I am planning to discuss this case in one of my blogs.
New blood tests for fibromyalgia ?
http://chronicfatigue.about.com/b/2013/03/15/new-test-for-fibromyal...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fibromyalgia/DS00079/DSECTION=test...
"On May 18 and 19 2013 Boris Prilutsky is doing a seminar for massage therapists who treat fibromyalgia sufferers incorperating the use of cupping with silicone jars. http://medicalmassage-edu.com/Silicone_jars_seminar.htm"
http://www.futuremedicine.com/toc/pmt/3/2
The prevalence of chronic pain in developing countriesPain Management, March 2013, Vol. 3, No. 2, Pages 83-86.
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Patients with pain are not all the same: considering fear of pain and other individual factors in treatmentPain Management, March 2013, Vol. 3, No. 2, Pages 87-89.
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Controlled-release systems in neuropathic pain |
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-stressful-events-inflammation...
Dwelling on stressful events can increase inflammation in the body, study finds
http://www.painmedicinenews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?d=Clinical%2BPain%...
µ-Opioid Receptors Impaired in Fibromyalgia Patients, Study Shows
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