Chronic pain, fatigue, moodiness, and sleep problems could mean you are having a bad day. But these conditions are also symptoms of a disorder known as fibromyalgia. Although fibromyalgia has no cure, the Chiropractic and Acupuncture Center of Sarasota offers a number of pain management techniques and treatments that can make it easier to live with the disorder. Our Sarasota chiropractic center can also provide lifestyle advice that can help alleviate the anguish.

Treatments Include Massage Therapy, Lifestyle Advice and Strategies from Our Chiropractor

Symptoms of fibromyalgia can include neck pain, tension headaches, temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ), and mental issues such as anxiety and depression. The disorder causes overall physical agony because it intensifies painful sensations and changes the way your brain processes signals that send out pain. The mental agony is due to living with constant pain. One of the treatments for the pain is massage therapy.

Massage can alleviate stress and tension in the muscles, which allows them to relax. Such relaxation often leads to pain relief for your body as well as anxiety relief for your mind. Massage also enhances your mobility and prompts your body’s production of natural pain killers. Our massage therapist uses various techniques designed to effectively manipulate your muscles, ligaments, and skin with rubbing, kneading, and various stroking movements.

Acupuncture, which involves the insertion of needles in key points along the body, is another pain relief method we use. The needles unblock the flow of energy, which can release pent up tension and pain, as well as target specific areas that can benefit from increased circulation.

Our chiropractor can also offer lifestyle advice which includes ways to alleviate the pain of living with fibromyalgia. Important strategies include reducing stress, getting adequate sleep, keeping your activity evenly spread out throughout the day, eating a healthy diet, and exercising regularly. We can provide a specific wellness program designed to incorporate all these strategies in way that fits your lifestyle.

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Back pain is caused by many different factors. One of the most common causes of acute lower back pain is muscle strain. This type of back pain will likely heal in time. Other culprits such as injury to the spine or back muscles do not heal as easily and patients with back pain caused by outside elements may need therapy or other pain management assistance to heal correctly. Car accidents, sports injuries or accidental falls are all injuries that can cause back pain and/or injury. Chiropractors like those at the Chiropractic and Acupuncture Center of Sarasota are trained to treat and provide pain management techniques for back pain caused from various sources.

Massage Therapy and Acupuncture Treatments for Back Pain

Back and neck pain is treated through chiropractic care such as spinal realignment and adjustment, muscle stimulation and massage techniques. All of these services are available from the Sarasota chiropractor. Other types of treatments used to relieve back pain are acupuncture and massage therapy.

According to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine by Dan Cherkin, PhD a senior investigator at Group Health Center for Health Studies in Seattle, acupuncture-like treatments are proven to work better on chronic back pain than standard care such as medication or physical therapy. The study concluded that the individuals in the acupuncture group were able assume daily tasks easier after one year of treatment than the people in the standard care group. Certified chiropractor Dr. Abe Kozma offers acupuncture services that are tailored to meet the needs of each patient.

Massage therapy is another treatment that is used to alleviate back and neck pain. There are different types of massage including deep tissue massage and other massage methods that focus on certain areas of the body. Here at our center, Dr. Kozma treats patients by combining both acupuncture and massage to provide an overall positive procedure that promotes pain relief for not only the affected area but the entire body.

Have you sought chiropractic care to help relieve your back pain? What was your experience like?