Fibromyalgia affects more than 5 million people in the United States each year. For years it has been under diagnosed and under treated. Recent research now suggests that changes in the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord, and sensory nerves) may be responsible. Fibromyalgia is called the “invisible disease” and some doctors don’t even acknowledge that such a condition really exists, while others write it off as a “psychological” disorder.
Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread pain and tenderness, and is frequently associated with nervousness, irritability, anxiety, fatigue, depression, and insomnia. In addition symptoms may appear as chemical sensitivities, allergies, Restless Leg Syndrome, cold or burning hands and feet, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
One of the possible causes discovered by a growing number of enlightened physicians and researchers is upper cervical stenosis. Misalignment of the bones or intervertebral discs in the cervical spine can result in nerve compression, which can affect the entire nervous system, and therefore, the whole body.
Research conducted by The University of Kansas School of Medicine and Arthritis Research Center concluded that Fibromyalgia occurred 13 times more frequently following a neck injury or a condition that compresses the spinal cord, compared to injury to other areas of the body. Cervical spinal stenosis has been linked as the main cause of fibromyalgia. In many cases what is diagnosed as fibromyalgia may be, in fact, spinal cord compression caused by a degenerative disc.
The National Fibromyalgia Research Association reports that 42 out of 45 fibromyalgia sufferers displayed spinal cord compression. They also state that, “The majority of the signs and symptoms can be reversed in these patients with spinal cord decompression surgery.”
In the case offFibromyalgics, extensive open fusion spine surgery to repair damaged or injured discs is unthinkable. The pain of recovery, in addition to the damage done to already painful muscle tissue, leaves many fibromyalgics unlikely candidates for traditional “open” instrumented fusion surgical techniques.
But there is a change for relief with the surgical techniques developed at The Bonati Spine Institute. Fibromyalgics now have the option to repair damaged discs with minimal discomfort. The incision is small, usually the circumference of a dime, and very little muscle tissue is disrupted in the procedure. The Bonati Spine Procedures’ patented methods have been performed successfully over 50,000 times with a patient reported satisfaction rate of over 98.75%.
The surgeons at the Bonati Spine Institute will provide a no-obligation free review of your MRI or CT Scan disc or report. To find out what may really be behind your fibromyalgia symptoms, call (855)267-0482 or simply complete our form.