Overview

Fibromyalgia also known as Muscular pain is a condition that causes widespread pain fatigue difficulty sleeping and in many cases also results in emotional and mental distress. People with fibromyalgia may be more sensitive to pain than people who don't have it. This is referred to as abnormal pain perception processing. Fibromyalgia is treatable and manageable although the exact cause is unknown.

Causes

Fibromyalgia affects people of all ages, including children. Age is one of the known risk factors. Other potential risk factors that may exist include: 

• Lupus or rheumatoid arthritis. If you have lupus or rheumatoid arthritis (RA), you are more likely to develop fibromyalgia. 

• Gender: Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from fibromyalgia. 

• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be caused by traumatic or stressful events such as car accidents. 

• Wounds that reoccur. The harm is caused by repeated stress on a joint, such as bending one's knee frequently.  

• Infections (including viral infections) 

• Family history 

• Being overweight is a problem.

Symptoms

The most common fibromyalgia symptoms are as follows: 

• Pain and stiffness all over the body 

• Tiredness and exhaustion 

• Anxiety and depression problems with sleep problems with focus memory and thought 

• Migraines as well as other types of headaches 

Additional signs and symptoms may include: 

• Hand and foot numbness or tingling 

• Mandibular or facial pain, including temporomandibular joint stiffness, 

• Problems such as bloating constipation stomach pain and sometimes irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

Ayurvedic View

Mamsa medo gata vata- due to following nidana (causes) like ati vyayama (over exersion), rata prayoga (excess traveling), ratri jagarana (night awakening), ruksha (dry, less nutritious food) etc, all leads to vata dosha prakopa (aggravation), which settles in mamsa dhatu (muscle tissues), leading to pain like danda hatam (pain as if beaten with stick) this is fibromyalgia. Ayurveda's way of approach is to bring dosha back to prakruta awastha (balance state), nourish the body, reduce the symptoms by ayurvedic panchakarma treatment. 

Ayurvedic  Treatments

Bashpa Swedanam   Snehanam     Agnikarma   Vamanam   Abhyangam   Patra pinda swedanam   Navara pinda swedanam   Virechanam   Vasti   Nasyam

Naturopathy Treartments

Manipulative therapy   Clinical yoga therapy   Physiotherapy   Electrotherapy   Reflexology   Acupuncture Hijama therapy   Moxibustion   Spinal bath   Steam bath   Plantain leaf bath   Mud therapy   Exercise therapy   Dorn therapy.