Relief from Fibromyalgia Symptoms With Float Therapy
Fibromyalgia can cause widespread pain, fatigue, and stiffness. Symptoms tend to occur in periods of flares.
Physical and emotional stress are the most common triggers of fibromyalgia flares. Other triggers include lack of sleep, weather changes, and hormone imbalances.
Float Therapy can help relieve all these symptoms and among other benefits!
Stress Reduction
Fibromyalgia is linked to stress both as a trigger and as a causal factor. Floating helps dissolve stress!
Floating in Epsom salts induces deep relaxation which leads to decreased cortisol levels, this is what our stress hormone is called. https://utahtherapeuticmassage.com/float-therapy-as-treatment-for-fibromyalgia/
Decreased Pain In General
Muscle pain is a common fibromyalgia symptom
Decreased muscle tension/decreased pain caused by muscle tension
Muscle tightness (pattern of muscle knots called tender or trigger points, sometimes tension headaches, temporomandibular joint disorder, and irritable bowel syndrome
Improved sleep
Inability to achieve restful sleep. (people with fibromyalgia often awaken tired, even though they report sleeping for long periods of time. Sleep is frequently disrupted by pain, and many patients have other sleep disorders, such as restless legs syndrom and sleep apnea, that further worsen symptoms.)
Magnesium Absorbtion
Magnesium Deficiency is common among those with fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia and nutrition
A healthy diet can help with fibromyalgia symptoms, including bone health:
- Vitamin D: A fat-soluble vitamin that helps build bones, reduce inflammation, and regulate cell growth. Vitamin D can be obtained from the sun or from foods like fish, mushrooms, and cod liver oil. About 40% of people with fibromyalgia have a vitamin D deficiency, and some studies suggest that vitamin D supplements can help.
- Healthy fats: Avoid unhealthy vegetable oils that are often found in processed foods.
- Fiber: Eat more fruits and vegetables, or take gluten-free fiber supplements.
- Gluten-free diet: Avoid wheat, barley, rye, spelt, Kamut, and triticale. You can substitute these with products made from rice, quinoa, corn, buckwheat, and legumes.
- Other vitamins and minerals: Eat foods rich in calcium, phosphor, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B12, biotin, iron, magnesium, and zinc