| People suffering with fibromyalgia often find | | | | healthy people you have to apply twice the pressure, |
| themselves asking a multitude of questions as to | | | | showing that fibromyalgia patients are much more |
| why they experience such high levels of pain so | | | | sensitive to touch. |
| often. One question may be: Is there any evidence | | | | Nerve Interference |
| suggesting that fibromyalgia can be caused by | | | | In other studies, nerve interference from vertebral |
| exposure to environmental toxins including molds, | | | | subluxations allow nerves to be hypersensitive and |
| asbestos, fiberglass and other airborne toxins? | | | | alter chemical and hormone levels within the nervous |
| Causes and Triggers | | | | system, even though the subluxation itself is |
| The truth is that fibromyalgia is a syndrome that | | | | something a person is incapable of feeling. |
| combines pain, fatigue, anxiety, and depression. You | | | | Subluxation Triggers |
| have to separate "cause" from "trigger." New | | | | Subluxations are created by traumas that occurred |
| research suggests that this syndrome is caused by | | | | early in life and will relapse later in life when a person |
| imbalances of chemicals and hormones within the | | | | is exposed to a "trigger." The trigger can be |
| nervous system that amplify sensation, making even | | | | something chemical (found in nature) like molds or |
| a slight touch feel painful. | | | | other airborne toxins, it can be an emotional stress, |
| Nerve Reactions | | | | or a physical stress that sets off the negative health |
| Daniel Clauw M.D., a rheumatologist at the University | | | | effects of the subluxations. |
| of Michigan, recently used MRIs to show what | | | | Chiropractic adjustments reduce the sensitivity found |
| happens in the brains of fibromyalgia patients in | | | | in fibromyalgia patients and allow them to live a |
| response to minimal pressure to their left thumbs. He | | | | better quality of life with less pain and increased |
| showed that to get the same brain response from | | | | function. |