“Fibromyalgia is a common disabling condition affecting about 2% of the population. (3.4% women, 0.5% men)…
The typical patient hurts all over, sleeps poorly, and feels chronically tired and depressed…
A 51 year old mother of 4 presented complaining of low back pain, neck pain and fibromyalgia. She had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia 10 years ago by a rheumatologist.
A course of physiotherapy had made no improvement, and she had been prescribed antidepressants without success.
Her score on the Oswestry Low Back Pain and Disability Questionnaire was 48% indicating severe disability.
The patient was tested using the Activator Methods protocol. This indicated an apparent short leg in the prone position, termed ‘left side pelvic deficiency’. The test also indicated subluxations (lesions) at L5, L4, T6, C7 and C2 vertebrae…
The subluxations were gently adjusted using the Activator Adjusting instrument…
The effects were almost immediate. After a day of “feeling sore” she then felt easier the next day…
she was adjusted once a week for 6 weeks together with soft tissue work (trigger point release) and gentle stretching…
After the 6 week course of treatment she said she was “relatively back to normal”.
Her score on the Oswestry questionnaire had now fallen to 34% indicating only ‘mild disability’ . The pain was now assessed as ‘the pain comes and goes and is moderate’.
(full case study available on request)
The typical patient hurts all over, sleeps poorly, and feels chronically tired and depressed…
A 51 year old mother of 4 presented complaining of low back pain, neck pain and fibromyalgia. She had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia 10 years ago by a rheumatologist.
A course of physiotherapy had made no improvement, and she had been prescribed antidepressants without success.
Her score on the Oswestry Low Back Pain and Disability Questionnaire was 48% indicating severe disability.
The patient was tested using the Activator Methods protocol. This indicated an apparent short leg in the prone position, termed ‘left side pelvic deficiency’. The test also indicated subluxations (lesions) at L5, L4, T6, C7 and C2 vertebrae…
The subluxations were gently adjusted using the Activator Adjusting instrument…
The effects were almost immediate. After a day of “feeling sore” she then felt easier the next day…
she was adjusted once a week for 6 weeks together with soft tissue work (trigger point release) and gentle stretching…
After the 6 week course of treatment she said she was “relatively back to normal”.
Her score on the Oswestry questionnaire had now fallen to 34% indicating only ‘mild disability’ . The pain was now assessed as ‘the pain comes and goes and is moderate’.
(full case study available on request)
