FIBROMYALGIA
Because YOU ARE MORE THAN FIBROMYALGIA
Welcome to the advanced protocol for Fibromyalgia, Brain Tune Up! This near Springfield functional medicine treatment program gives you the tools to not only improve your short term health, but you develop skills that will allow you to continue this improved trajectory for the rest of your life.
Step 1: Read Program Outline Below Thoroughly. Understand the services, protocol, schedule, and costs of the program.
Step 2: Schedule a FREE telephone consultation with our program director Callie Maggard who will explain how our near Springfield Fibromyalgia treatment program could be a good fit for you and answer any questions you may have.
Fibromyalgia Program
The Advanced Protocol for Fibromyalgia
I spent years as a neurologist treating multitudes of patients suffering from fibromyalgia and over time became frustrated by the trajectory of the traditional medical approach. If you have fibromyalgia, you know that you have been labeled with a disabling disease for which you are told the cause is unknown, there is no cure, there is no way to reverse its course, and that you must take disease-controlling medication for the rest of your life. Without the medicine, you will likely suffer. Conventional medicine removes hope, and replaces it with a life sentence that ties you to a pharmacological solution. I knew the toolbox had to be bigger. While I recognized the value of the medication, I also knew there were things I could do to help my patients address the root cause of their disease. This is when I decided to start my own private neurology and functional medicine treatment, and develop The Brain Tune Up!, a neurology-based functional medicine protocol that allows my patients near Springfield to identify the root causes of their fibromyalgia.
Fibromyalgia Program Benefits
While results may very from patient to patient, the majority of my previous Brain Tune Up! Fibromyalgia patients enjoyed the following benefits as a result of my advanced fibromyalgia treatments near Springfield.
- Less Anxiety
- Less Depression
- Reduced Stiffness
- Reduced Numbness
- Fewer Headaches
- Less Pain
- More Energy
- Improved Sleep
- Better Concentration
- Lift The “Fibro Fog”
Advanced Fibromyalgia Protocol
About Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a chronic health condition that involves widespread pain and fatigue. Typically, the pain is characterized by tenderness in many areas around the body, and it is accompanied by fatigue. In 2010, the American College of Rheumatology endorsed a new set of criteria for diagnosing fibromyalgia. The new criteria still recognize the identification of tender points in 19 areas of the body. However, they also check for symptoms in four categories unrelated to pain, including difficulty sleeping, fatigue, poor cognition, headaches, depression, and abdominal pain.
These symptoms are assigned a severity rating score. Finally, to be diagnosed with fibromyalgia the symptoms need to have been present at a similar level for at least three months. Most conventional tests are not useful for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia, but may be used to exclude other conditions, such as hypothyroidism, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, polymyalgia rheumatic, other inflammatory or autoimmune disorders, and adverse medication reactions. Two tests have shown correlation with fibromyalgia: Anti-Polymer IgG Antibodies in the blood and reduced dermal unmyelinated nerve fiber bundles on punch skin biopsy.
This Plan is for You If…
This Plan is for You…
- If you are looking for more than a pill.
- If you are looking for someone with the right qualifications: A medical school graduate (M.D.) with experience in direct patient care, a state license to practice medicine, and certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (APBN).
- If you want a doctor who knows how to address the root causes of disease, not just treat the symptoms or manage the disease.
- If you want a doctor who has ability to integrate traditional medical care and all of its tools with the skills and mindset of functional medicine.
- If you want a doctor who makes your personalized care the ultimate goal.
Affecting Women
Fibromyalgia Affects Women More Often Than Men
About 5 million Americans have fibromyalgia. The condition affects women more often than men, and women may be more prone to develop fibromyalgia during menopause. Though it usually occurs in people ages 20-60 years, it can occur at any time. Triggering events may include physical injuries, emotional trauma, or viral infections such as the Epstein Barr virus. However, other factors play a role, including whether the person affected came from a very stressful culture or environment, whether they have a psychological vulnerability to stress, or had difficult experiences in childhood. Interestingly, about a third of children whose mothers have fibromyalgia also develop the disorder.
Medications
Fibromyalgia Medications Are Not A Long Terms Solution
Presently, there are only a couple of medications approved for the treatment of fibromyalgia, and they are of limited benefit. Despite the medications, the person with fibromyalgia must endure their symptoms for their lifetime. Functional medicine, on the other hand, identifies the root causes of illness in the body and using the functional medicine toolbox aims to help the affected person change their disease trajectory. People who suffer from fibromyalgia have been found to have increased gut permeability, gut dysbiosis, small intestinal micro-organism (bacteria and yeast) overgrowth, mitochondrial dysfunction, hormone imbalance, toxin exposure, nutrigenomic vulnerabilities, chronic infection, and immune system dysfunction.
Our Approach
Our Functional Medicine Approach To Fibromyalgia
A functional medicine approach to fibromyalgia makes a lot of sense. To accomplish this goal the Functional Medicine operating system consists of the Functional Medicine Timeline, The Functional Medicine Matrix, and the Therapeutic Lifestyle Factors (Sleep & Relaxation, Movement & Exercise, Nutrition, Stress, and Relationships). Functional Medicine Matrix, based on a scientific framework known as “systems biology,” allows the practitioner to evaluate imbalances at the cellular level. This helps sort out why the disease has occurred in the first place.
By understanding each of these imbalances the patient is empowered to make changes to correct them. Each part of the Matrix is called a “node,” and there are 7 nodes on the Functional Medicine Matrix. You can read about them here: Assimilation, Defense & Repair, Energy, Biotransformation & Elimination, Structural Integrity, Transport, and Communication.