Fibromyalgia

You feel tired. Your muscles ache. Sometimes, it hurts to touch your neck, shoulders, back and arms. On top of that, you can’t sleep. You’re stiff when you wake up in the morning and, at times, even your thinking and memory are foggy.

You could have fibromyalgia.

Doctors are on a continual search for new and better ways to treat this painful disorder which so far include diet, exercise and ever-increasing doses of pain-killers, up to and including opiodes.

Researchers in the Department of Anesthesia in the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University are currently investigating the feasibility of whether non-invasive electromagnetic treatment might make a positive difference in the lives of the 900,000 Canadians (3 in 100) suffering from fibromyalgia. [continue reading…]