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Diseases treated at the Magwise clinic

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and problems with concentration and sleep. Fibromyalgia is a disease associated with abnormal pain perception, possibly due to excessive excitability of pain-conducting structures in the spinal cord and brain.

Fibromyalgia symptoms

The musculoskeletal pain symptoms are not obvious, and it is easy to generalize them. Fibromyalgia often has no apparent symptoms; the sufferer simply reports body pain. The primary symptoms of this disease include:

  • Chronic musculoskeletal pain. Stinging or burning pain occurs in different body parts and can change location. It is also characteristic that the so-called tender points, i.e., places of the body with excessive sensitivity to pressure. Pain in the spine and large joints (hips, shoulders, knees) is typical
  • Tiredness
  • Headaches, hypersensitivity to stimuli, numbness, tingling
  • Irritable bowel symptoms
  • Psychiatric symptoms: sleep disorders, problems with concentration and memory, depression, anxiety

Fibromyalgia - treatment

The treatment of fibromyalgia is mainly based on relieving pain and symptoms of the disease. Often the choice of agents depends on the severity of symptoms.
  • Pharmacotherapy: painkillers, antidepressants, antiepileptics, muscle relaxants,
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Improvement exercises
  • Balneotherapy and cryotherapy
  • Neurostimulation of the brain with the rTMS method
  • Manual therapy - therapeutic massage, acupuncture
  • Relaxation techniques

Fibromyalgia treatment available at Magwise:

  • Neurofeedback
  • Mindfulness
  • Pharmacotherapy of psychiatric symptoms under the supervision of a specialist psychiatrist
  • TMS Neurostimulation (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation)

References

Molero-Chamizo A, Nitsche MA, Barroso RTA, Bailén JRA, Palomeque JCG, Rivera-Urbina GN. Non-Invasive Electric and Magnetic Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia. Biomedicines. 2023 Mar 20;11(3):954. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11030954. PMID: 36979932; PMCID: PMC10046115.

Specialists in the treatment of fibromyalgia