| Approximately 5 million people in the United States | | | | also the anxiety associated with fibromyalgia. |
| suffer from fibromyalgia; most of those diagnosed | | | | Research published in the past several years has |
| are women. It is an affliction that not only causes | | | | shown a lot of promise for this therapy and has |
| muscle pain, but can also lead to other ailments such | | | | successfully demonstrated its effectiveness. |
| as depression. No one really knows what causes it, | | | | Therapeutic Touch is currently being used by nurses |
| and it is often difficult to diagnose with any accuracy. | | | | to assist patients in reducing the discomfort of |
| If you are someone who suffers with fibromyalgia, | | | | fibromyalgia as well as various other physical ailments. |
| then you know that just getting up each day can be | | | | If you have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, you |
| a challenge. You never know how you are going to | | | | already know how each day can present a different |
| feel, if you will have pain or how severe it will be. | | | | set of problems related to this condition. If you are a |
| Medical doctors can offer some symptomatic relief | | | | body worker who treats fibromyalgia, you need to |
| through the use of medication, but some people who | | | | be flexible and sensitive to the ever-changing needs |
| opt for a more natural solution have discovered that | | | | of your client. Therapeutic Touch is a gentle modality |
| there are several non-invasive options found to be | | | | that offers this flexibility of technique which, in turn, |
| effective as well. | | | | helps to alleviate the ebb and flow of pain in an |
| One option, developed in the early 1970s that shows | | | | unpredictable malady. |
| promise, is Therapeutic Touch. Therapeutic Touch is | | | | Learn more about Therapeutic Touch and how it can |
| a non-invasive type of energetic bodywork that has | | | | be effective in the treatment of fibromyalgia. |
| been shown to help in reducing not only the pain, but | | | | |