Why See a Tacoma Chiropractor for Fibromyalgia

For those who suffer from Fibromyalgia, it can be an incredibly painful and frustrating disorder. Many Fibromyalgia sufferers remark that even friends and family doubt the severity of the problem because of the varied and sometimes seemingly random symptoms associated with Fibromyalgia. The most common symptoms of Fibromyalgia may include:

• Widespread pain that you may describe as an ache that doesn't ever quite go away. This isn't something that hangs around for a few days - the aching stays around for months on end. It can be described as a widespread pain that occurs on both sides of your body - both above and below your waist.
• Fatigue is an incredibly frustrating part of Fibromyalgia's symptoms. You may often awaken tired even after sleeping for longer than 8 hours at a time. You probably wake up in the midst of sleep with pain. Plenty of Fibromyalgia patients have other sleep disorders like restless legs syndrome and sleep apnea.
• Cognitive difficulty is a clinical term that refers to the feeling of having a "fog" around your head that make it difficult to focus on the task at hand, pay attention to the people around you, or think through problems or tasks in your own head.

...but it doesn't even stop there. Fibromyalgia often "lives" with other painful conditions, such as:

• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• Migraine and other types of headaches
• Interstitial cystitis or painful bladder syndrome
• Temporomandibular joint disorders

When you read through this, you have to admit: Fibromyalgia sounds awful (and that's because it is). Unfortunately, it is one of the most misunderstood and misdiagnosed conditions BECAUSE of the heavy variety of symptoms and seemingly random nature of when those symptoms appear.

Did you know that a special type of chiropractor - called an Atlas Orthogonal Chiropractor - practices a unique type of adjustment that is both pain-free and capable of rapid results? Atkins Chiropractic in Tacoma, home of Dr. Pete Atkins, is an Atlas Orthogonal Chiropracic office. Take a quick look at this video from The Doctors that explains a bit about the care we provide.