Chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and myofascial pain syndrome are conditions that overlap each other.
A key factor in helping patients with chronic fatigue is assessing the underlying causes and treating all of these at the same time.
These underlying factors include:
- Poor diet and food intolerances.
- Absent, or low, critical nutrient factors
- Digestion problems
- Hormonal deficiencies
- Sleep disturbances
- Toxic substances, including heavy metals
If only one problem is treated, symptoms don't improve as dramatically as when all of the factors are addressed simultaneously. Addressing pain at the neurochemical level also helps lead to recovery.
Using extensive testing to help evaluate for all potential imbalances allows us to start treating the underlying problems. Medications help alleviate symptoms but optimizing each system is critical for healing. Every fibromyalgia and CFS patient is unique, therefore a completely individualized approach that we offer our patients at Vitruvia just makes sense.