Massage and Fibromyalgia


 

 How Massage Can Help Fibromyalgia?

Being a fibromyalgia or ‘fibro’ sufferer can feel miserable. There is no cure, so all you can do is learn to manage your symptoms as much as possible to try and avoid them impacting your everyday life. This can be easier said than done.

What Is Fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia is a condition that affects around five million Americans; According to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, more females than males, and usually between the ages of 20 and 50.

The main symptom is pain, which can range from mild to severe. It varies from person to person, but some report shooting or burning pains while others complain of a constant deep ache that doesn’t let up. It’s common for joints to feel tender and the pain to worsen at night, although some people feel it all day. Other symptoms can include tiredness, depression, headaches, and memory loss.

There is Some Good News for People Who Have Been Diagnosed with Fibro:

Massage can be a pleasurable and effective way to relieve some of the fibro symptoms and help you manage it better. This is because massage boosts circulation in your muscles, reduces heart rate, relaxes your muscles, improves the range of motion in your joints, and increases the production of the body’s natural painkillers. All of these effects are positively great for fibro sufferers.

Massage for Fibromyalgia

People with fibro can be extra sensitive to pressure in some body parts. Massage therapists have been trained to look out for this, and of course, we will consult you before your session to ask you about any particular areas that might be a problem for you. If you’re worried that it will hurt… don’t be.

Professional therapists know that people with fibro can be sensitive and will ensure that you know you can tell them at any time if your massage feels uncomfortable. If you’re concerned about whether a massage is good for you, speak to your doctor first.

Get A Good Night’s Sleep

Massage can help promote better sleep, so if your fibro leaves you tired, even after what you think was a regular night’s sleep, a massage can help. A decent massage will leave you relaxed and promote deeper sleep –and deep sleep helps fibro symptoms because it’s when you enter the deep sleep phase that your body can repair and restore itself.

Boosting Your Mood

Massage boosts the feel-good hormones and endorphins that can help to banish the low mood and depression that can go hand in hand with Fibromyalgia. Getting a regular supply of feel-good hormones is a great way to manage the symptoms that can sometimes get you down.

Banishing the Pain of Headaches

Regular massage can help reduce the pain from a fibro headache by improving blood flow to your brain.

Just having one massage session can leave you feeling better for a while, but as with most therapies, the benefits increase with the regularity of your sessions. Book regular massage therapy and you can feel much better between your sessions and during and after.


Did you learn something new today? Do you know someone that deals with Fibromyalgia? Be sure to pass this blog post on to them. 

That’s all for this week. Come back next week to learn more ways massage can help in daily life. 

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