What is Fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia is a rheumatic disorder characterized by chronic muscular achy pain and stiffness. The pain has been described as shooting, stabbing, throbbing, and intense burning.

It most often affects the lower back, the neck, the shoulders, the back of the head, and the upper chest, although it has no boundaries, meaning other areas of the body may be involved.

Fibromyalgia includes a host of different symptoms that ranges from mild in some people to almost incapacitating for others. Some of these symptoms include chronic headaches, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome, PMS, painful periods, memory impairment, anxiety, palpitations, skin sensitivities, and dizziness among others.

In addition, most people that suffer from fibromyalgia also have an associated sleep disorder known as alpha-EEG anomaly.

The cause of fibromyalgia remains unknown, but common triggers may include lack of sleep, injury, overexertion, stress, infections, depression, and the lack of exercise .