What Is Fibromyalgia And How Physiotherapy Helps Them?

It is a chronic disorder that causes pain and tenderness throughout body. The causes of it are idiopathic but yet this disorder have a sharp sensitivity of pain. Due to this, the quality of life gets disturbed. Usually, this condition affects 2 to 4% of people especially women and affect the ages between 30 and 50. Moreover, people who having other rheumatic diseases also at a higher risk of having fibromyalgia.
Usually, the symptom for fibromyalgia is varied to individual. But commonest symptoms are extensive pain that causes fatigue, sleep disorders, will undergo depression, having digestive problem, migraine and etc. Another problem that will facing by them are having fibro fog which means the do have problem with concentration, memory lapses and remembering things.

Research shown that there is no cure for fibromyalgia, only medications, exercises and therapy will do help them even though there are no recognized causes for fibromyalgia. As researchers be certain of that the fibromyalgia affect the way brain interpret the neurotransmitters (pain signals) and intensifies the sensation of pain throughout body. But there are some risk factors need to consider that can come into play:

• Age
• Gender
• Family History
• Trauma
• Other disorders

The main focus of physiotherapy is to treat, heal and to prevent from injuries or disabilities through regular physical therapy exercise programs. As this helps to regain the control of fibromyalgia as its emphases on the changes of lifestyle rather than chronic pain, stiffness and fatigue. Moreover, they will teach the proper posture in order to regain the proper efficient muscle function. This can help to reduce their fatigue and pain. In addition to that, proper stretching is very important as it improve their muscles flexibility. In overall the main focus of physiotherapist is to restore the function, improve the joint mobility, reduce pain and to prevent disabilities.  Best exercise that will be suggested for fibromyalgia are aerobic exercises, strength/ resistance exercise and stretching exercise.