Don't Let Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Stand in Your Way

If you feel like you've been run over by a Mack truck, welcome to the unfortunate world of chronic fatigue. If you have pain, numbness or tingling, extreme fatigue, joint stiffness, and sleeplessness, you may have been diagnosed as having fibromyalgia or fibromyalgia syndrome. If you've been through the ringer in trying to find help and the medical community has shown to not be your best friend, there is hope.

Some in the medical community believe that chronic fatigue syndrome is the result of lyme disease, while others feel that it may actually be a part of one of the following:

* Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)
* Myalgic encephalopathy
* Post-viral fatigue syndrome
* Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus
* Low Natural Killer Cell Disease

Fibromyalgia and the resulting pain from it can come in many ways. This pain can be in the form of muscle spasms, tingling, weakness in the limbs, or a general feeling of achiness. Many so called patients have trigger points which when touched brings about pain. FMS can also bring about fibrofog which refers to a mental fogginess.

There is a very strong belief that those who have fibromyalgia can be helped with stretching exercises. Every single time you sit, sleep, or stand, your connective tissues get shorter. Yes, that is why sometimes your lower back may bother you as you stand or go for a long walk. The body needs to be stretched. As you get older and tend to sit all day at the job, you lose flexibility. This loss of flexibility shortens your muscles, shortens your connective tissues, and any athlete will tell you that it makes you more prone to injury. Guess what? You can also release toxins by stretching. Yoga is a fantastic exercise for those with fibromyalgia.
So do yourself a favor. Take 10 minutes in the morning and slowly stretch. Take 10 minutes in the evening to wind down and stretch. Start slowly. Release your toxins and reverse fibromyalgia!

Massage therapy can offer a great deal of relief for people with Chronic Fatigue. Rejuvenating and finding ways to increase your energy are vital to living and coping with these conditions. Relieving aches and pains, sleeping soundly and reducing stress can also all make a world of difference. Evidence shows that a sound diet is crucial to get your body in balance. By that, I mean to drastically cut white sugar and processed flour from your diet. Cut back on fried foods and fast foods and move towards a living diet. A living diet as in fruits and vegetables. Take a minimum of 3 weeks and get rid of all the caffeine in your diet. No coffee, no tea, no pop (soda).

Chronic fatigue may be helped by creatine. Creatine can raise growth hormone equal to that of intense exercise. Growth hormone (GH) is known to play an essential role in the regulation of body fat levels, immunity, muscle mass, wound healing, bone mass and literally thousands of other functions. There is a caveat with creatine in that you must drink plenty of water while taking this supplement.

Finally, I'd recommend looking into ribose therapy or what some call D-Ribose. Although research is new, there have been some promising studies as it relates to both chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia.