Fibromyalgia: Its a Pain!

A Spanish study showed that patients severely affected by fibromyalgia showed improvement in activity levels, grip strength, social functioning, and vitality after an eight-week program that included massage therapy, aerobic exercise, ischemic pressure on tender points, and thermal therapy. * Massage Eases Fibromyalgia; Massage & Bodywork Magazine; Nov./Dec 2011, p.16.

Other information suggests muscle imbalance causing a head and shoulder and/or hip forward posture may contribute to fibromyalgia. But, whatever the cause massage therapy has usually helped suffers of the malady find relief.

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