Can Reflexology Help Fibromyalgia?
Recently one of my lovely clients was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. This diagnosis was both daunting and comforting at the same time - daunting because it’s a condition with so many diverse symptoms that we don’t seem to know much about, and comforting because I think it gave her some answers - a reason why she had been experiencing a myriad of diverse symptoms (many of which seemed unrelated) for so long. We were both keen to find out about this little-understood condition, so I thought I’d do some research to see what I could find out. So, what is Fibromyalgia (FM)? It is a widespread pain and fatigue disorder that affects the muscles and joints and its cause is still largely unknown. “Fibromyalgia” means pain in the fibrous tissues in the body. Most people with fibromyalgia say that they ache all over. Their muscles may feel like they have been pulled or overworked; sometimes they twitch and at other times they burn. More women than men are afflicted and it affects