Tag: rhumatology

Chronic pain is a family trait says a new study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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Chronic pain is a family trait says a new study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Is the tendency for chronic pain inherited? In the book, Cheating Mother Nature, what you need to know to beat chronic pain, it explains that we not only look like our parents, but walk and are built like them too. Most people who are significantly asymmetrically built have mechanical issues that result in chronic pain, bad knees and other painful conditions. Most chiropractors, rheumatologists and even physical therapists see many of these patients who have been told they have conditions such as Read More »

Growing evidence shows Fibromyalgia is often a misunderstood functional medicine problem; another reason to see a chiropractor first.

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Growing evidence shows Fibromyalgia is often a misunderstood functional medicine problem; another reason to see a chiropractor first. In 1990, a group of Rheumatologist’s published their criteria for patients with chronic pain we now refer to as Fibromyalgia. They found a number of common traits in these patients who seemed to defy medical classification with their complaints of body and joint pain. Since there was no agreed way to describe people with these symptoms, the classification of Fibromyalgia was born. The book, Cheating Mother Nature, what you need to know to beat chronic pain looked at their criteria which included Read More »