| Pittsfield Chiropractor, Dr. Scott Garber, doesn't want | | | | meninges, which is not that flexible, which attaches |
| to offer Fibromyalgia sufferers false hope. However, | | | | to all the nerve roots all the way down the spine," he |
| he has developed a chiropractic treatment that has | | | | said. Since the nerves from the spine have to pass |
| been successful in treating his Fibromyalgia patients in | | | | through the meninges, the pulling causes all the |
| a matter of days. | | | | nerves to fire at one time. "Now these poor people |
| Fibromyalgia, according to Dr. Garber, is a condition | | | | have symptoms of everything that comes from |
| related to spinal malfunction, which is actually a | | | | these nerves, and so you will hear them say they |
| choking off of the spinal cord structures, but not so | | | | have pain, they have numbness, they have tingling, |
| much the spinal cord as the meninges; the coverings | | | | they have burning, they're cold, they itch; those are |
| of the spinal cord itself which in turn causes distress. | | | | just all the proprioceptive fibers that go to the brain |
| Although Fibromyalgia is defined as a chemical | | | | from the different areas,â according to Dr. |
| imbalance causing hypersensitivity in the nervous | | | | Garber. To make matters worse Fibromyalgia suffers |
| system that amplifies pain, the symptoms go far | | | | can't sleep due to their intense pain, in turn causing |
| beyond just a chemical imbalance and pain, according | | | | their symptom to worsen, and ultimately leading to |
| to Dr. Garber. "The misaligned vertebrae pulls on the | | | | chronic fatigue. |