Perhaps the most important thing to come to terms with if you have Fibromyalgia is that you need to take your health into your own hands. The advice from medical practitioners is to use a combination of treatments, it is a matter of finding out what helps and what does not help and no-one will be able to judge this better than you!
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There are a vast range of treatments and life-style changes that may well help, such as drugs, diet and nutrition, tai chi, hypnotherapy, chiropractic, heated pool treatment, individually tailored exercise programmes, cognitive behavioural therapy, relaxation, physiotherapy and acupuncture and I recommend that you explore those that appeal to you. This tends to be an expensive business as many of the therapies are offered privately, so it is a good idea to agree with your practitioner a period of treatment and at the end of this time you can decide either that it is helping and that you want to make it part of your ‘support package’ or that it is making little difference and it is time to give something else a try.
I have been treating people with fibromyalgia at Barnsley hospital since 2004. Our research, along with that of other trials carried out here and in the States, suggests that it benefits a good proportion of sufferers, so it is something that you may well want to look in to. We have found that many people with the condition have suffered long term stress or emotional trauma in the past. The homeopathic approach is to see how this has affected your health and then help you to heal. Homeopathic remedies are used to reduce the symptoms of pain, poor sleep, fatigue and brain fog and also to treat the root cause of the illness.
The benefits of homeopathy are that it is gentle, non-toxic and non-addictive. It works with our body’s own healing mechanisms and people often report that they feel more positive, relaxed and are sleeping better before they notice any change in their specific symptoms. Once improvement is underway, and after a consultation with your Doctor, you may find that you can use homeopathic remedies in place of some of your pain killers and sleeping pills, thereby reducing the side effects you may be experiencing with your medication.
You will require a course of treatment and I suggest that you commit to four or six sessions, which will be spread over twelve or more weeks, before judging whether it is helpful for you.
Absolute Specialists have three homeopaths who specialize in fibromyalgia. We have a clinic at S1 Chiropractic, Bells Square, Sheffield. www.absolute-specialists.co.uk
Clare Walters
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