Fibromyalgia: How can we help you!

Fibromyalgia: How can we help you!

Many of our customers continue to report relief from fibromyalgia when using our walk in bathtubs with hydrotherapy. Many are experiencing similar results with other ailments and this is why I decided to share some of the information in relation to this disease.

What is Fibromyalgia?

Many people experience fibromyalgia pain for many years before visiting a doctor.

Fibromyalgia is thought to be the result of overactive nerves. It is a condition that results in chronic widespread pain and tenderness all over. It is pain in many areas of the body without a clear explanation. There are different kinds of fibromyalgia: Chronic, Widespread and Tenderness.

Chronic: It is pain that lasts more than 3 months.

Widespread: Pain all over the body. However many people with fibromyalgia feel pain in the same places all the time. In many cases in the lower back and neck.

Tenderness: Pain is felt even with a very small pressure on your skin. Sometime pain is extreme.

Fibromyalgia is a very common condition. Many people at one time think his family member or friend could be making this up or “it’s only in one’s head” but the truth is that more than 5 million people are affected by this condition in the United States.

Fibromyalgia often occurs along with other conditions, such as other forms of arthritis, Lyme disease, or thyroid problems. It can also develop after a serious injury.

Fibromyalgia-related pain is pain that causes you to ache all over. You may have painful "trigger points," places on your body that hurt no matter what medication you take. here are roughly 20 different kinds of nerve endings in your skin that tell you if something is hot, cold, or painful. These nerve endings convert mechanical, thermal, or chemical energy into electrical signals that convey information to the brain and spinal cord -- also known as the central nervous system or CNS. These signals travel to areas of your CNS where you perceive the stimuli as the painful sensations you actually feel -- sensations such as searing, burning, pounding, or throbbing.

Fibromyalgia's chronic pain seems unending. The ongoing headaches, neck pain, aching joints, and painful tender points prevent sleep, causing you to awaken frequently at night. The chronic sleep disorder of fibromyalgia results in increased achiness, morning stiffness, and daytime fatigue. While you want to exercise and be active, you may suffer with foot pain, hip pain, knee pain or other painful joints. All of these make it next to impossible to exercise with friends or to play with your kids or grandkids.

Water exercise -- aka, water aerobics -- is the easiest workout for people with fibromyalgia pain.

"If you can't exercise because of obesity, water therapy is a good place to start," Cope says.

"Warm water can be very comforting. The exercise gets blood flow to muscles and tendons.

And if you're in the water, your joints are not being stressed during exercise." Also, water offers resistance, which helps muscles get stronger.

You don’t need to know how to swim for a water exercise class. In some classes, you work out in shallow water with your head completely above water. In other water aerobic classes, you bob in deep water (with foam belt or life jacket).

The natural buoyancy of water helps you move -- so you can do exercises that would otherwise be painful. These exercises can be done with an instructor or physical therapist in a heated facility or in a backyard pool.

Studies from Spain indicate that water aerobics improves quality of life for women with fibromyalgia pain in the long-term. In one 12-week study, women who exercised in warm water -- for 60 minutes, 3 times a week -- reported improved physical and mental well-being. They also had less fibromyalgia pain and more vitality. As for their state of mind, they reported feeling less depressed, and more sociable.

"If we can get people to swim, do water aerobics, walk up stairs -- something that increases pulse rate, it will help a lot with their pain," Cope says. "We're talking 20 minutes, four times a week. That's all. It can make a big difference."

Another way of exercising with total safety is in one of our walk in tubs where you can have warm water to do an exercise routine which is safe and the best resource you can have in the comfort of your home. In a sitting position you can stretch arms and legs , move your neck and back without excessive force and reduce swelling. I will be sending you an exercise routine in a future article so you can start melting away those pain and aches.

Walk in tubs with Hydrotherapy All Fountain of Youth Walk in Bathtubs come with a hydrotherapy system with 18 air jets.

Hydrotherapy basically encompasses therapies that involve the use of water in any of its forms.

Hydrotherapy in regards to diseases and conditions that cause pain and other symptoms usually involves submersion in water or the application of water to affected areas.

Hydrotherapy and Fibromyalgia: What Are Types of Water Therapy and How do They Work?

Many treatments of fibromyalgia include hydrotherapy to ease symptoms Hydrotherapy. Therapy with plain water can be used for submersion or exercise. Those with fibromyalgia often have trouble exercising due to pain, but exercise can actually help with pain.

Water therapy reduces strain on the joints and makes muscle movements easier. Submersion in water can be relaxing and reduce stress. For fibromyalgia sufferers sensitive to cold, warm water therapy may be used.

Seniors and Elderly find our Tubs the best place to perform their exercise that along with the bubbling effect of air on your skin will reduce pain dramatically. Thousands of bubbles coming out from the air jets adhere to the skin creating a very gentle massage that reliefs pain and is soft enough not to create pressure that could increase pain.

If you want to learn more about Fountain of Youth Walk in Tubs please contact us and we will send you additional information. www.foybs.com 1877 271 0118