| Chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia are conditions | | | | fibromyalgia. |
| which makes you feel like you've been run over | | | | Fibromyalgia and the resulting pain from it can |
| by a Mack truck. If you can't get out of bed, | | | | come in many ways. This pain can be in the form |
| have no energy whatsoever, no drive to enjoy | | | | of muscle spasms, tingling, weakness in the limbs, |
| life and feel like every ounce of energy has been | | | | or a general feeling of achiness. Many so called |
| sapped out of you, you most likely suffer from | | | | patients have trigger points which when touched |
| chronic fatigue or chronic fatigue syndrome. | | | | brings about pain. FMS can also bring about |
| The best way to beat chronic fatigue is through | | | | fibrofog which refers to a mental fogginess. |
| nutrition. A basic approach is to literally get back | | | | There is a very strong belief that those who |
| to the basics. That means to cut out all | | | | have fibromyalgia can be helped with stretching |
| processed sugar, flour, and caffeine. Gradually | | | | exercises. Many of these exercises are in the |
| change your diet to include living foods. Living | | | | form of yoga (which I originally knew nothing |
| foods are fruits, vegetables, grains, and nuts. No, | | | | about and scoffed at) which show you how to |
| I'm not saying to become a vegetarian by any | | | | stretch your way out of the tightness in the |
| means but if you want to get your body in | | | | muscles/fascia/connective tissues which has |
| balance, eating a living diet (or foods that were | | | | caused the condition called fibromyalgia. The |
| once live and are at their closest point to being | | | | premise is that connective tissue shortens at rest. |
| alive) brings enzymes and vitamins/minerals into | | | | Every single time you sit, sleep, or stand, your |
| your body. That or you can continue to eat fried | | | | connective tissues get shorter. Yes, that is why |
| and dead foods and... literally feel dead. | | | | sometimes your lower back may bother you as |
| If you can't get rid of the pain, have numbness or | | | | you stand or go for a long walk. The body needs |
| tingling, extreme fatigue, joint stiffness, and | | | | to be stretched. As you get older and tend to sit |
| sleeplessness, you may have been diagnosed as | | | | all day at the job, you lose flexibility. This loss of |
| having fibromyalgia or fibromyalgia syndrome. If | | | | flexibility shortens your muscles, shortens your |
| you've been through the ringer in trying to find | | | | connective tissues, and any athlete will tell you |
| help and the medical community has shown to | | | | that it makes you more prone to injury. Guess |
| not be your best friend, I'm here to tell you that | | | | what? You can also release toxins by stretching. |
| there is hope. For now, lets just talk about | | | | Make sense? |