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Fibromyalgia Needs A Natural Approach
The devastating pain and disability of fibromyalgia has made it a misunderstood and over treated condition. Ironically it seems to be under treated since it can take years of suffering before a diagnosis is made. With the appropriate understanding of the natural course of fibromyalgia, the proper steps can be taken to naturally reverse it.
According to the National Institutes of Health, three to six million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with fibromyalgia and more than eighty percent of them are women. Fibromyalgia symptoms such as tender points, muscle pain, and poor sleep can appear to be unrelated to each other. This is how it becomes over treated because each symptom is perceived to need a different plan of attack. Usually this is an overmedicated approach that creates a syndrome of side effects that also mimics and worsens fibromyalgia.
Non-drug healing professions such chiropractic perceive health as something that needs to be built up naturally since unnatural events break down health. Natural approaches are simplified yet successful because the same techniques used to build up health actually address the multiple symptoms of fibromyalgia.
The human body is a living organism that responds to other life sustaining sources for health, but our environment has become unnatural and harmful. For example, our schedules are unnatural by being out of sync with the hours of sunlight. We no longer acknowledge the seasons as important times to wax and wane our activities. Our diet and eating habits can be described as 'manufactured.' How natural is it to eat on the run? We have denatured so many of the earth's substances. It is assumed that 'chemically synthesizing' our environment has made nature more efficient. These and other factors lead to the breakdown of health and symptoms of fibromyalgia.
A natural approach to regain health requires a different outlook and this includes a changed vocabulary as the first step. We must nurture and enhance rather than treat and attack. There are no true causes of disease but rather 'contributions' which is much more useful than applying 'blame.' This is more empowering because we can now contribute in a different manner that cultivates health.
Natural health practitioners who teach how to strengthen health can give fibromyalgia sufferers a fresh approach to their care that addresses what the body needs without over treating multiple symptoms. Part of this natural approach includes understanding how to avoid the three basic mistakes of fibromyalgia treatment which is available in a free internet mini-course.
About the author:
Dr. Lisa Ann Homic is a chiropractor and wellness coach in Auburn, NY. She wrote the 3 Mistakes of Fibromyalgia Treatment Mini-Course & The Numbers Don't Lie Diet. Visit http://www.morefibronews.com and http://www.drhomic.com.
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