FIBROMYALGIA

Treating Fibromyalgia Symptoms

Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder that can cause pain all over the body. Other symptoms could include fatigue, altered sleep, memory issues and mood changes. It can be caused by a viral infection, injury, or stress condition.

Diagnosing Fibromyalgia
New guidelines from the American College of Rheumatology require a person to have widespread pain throughout the body for at least 3 months to be diagnosed with Fibromyalgia.

To meet the criteria, you must have pain in at least four of these five areas:
- Left upper region, including shoulder, arm or jaw
- Right upper region, including shoulder, arm or jaw
- Left lower region, including hip, buttock or leg
- Right lower region, including hip, buttock or leg
- Axial region, which includes neck, back, chest or abdomen
Treating Fibromyalgia
AVALA Pain is equipped to treat the pain symptoms associated with Fibromyalgia including:
- Pain Relief Medications
- Physical Therapy
- Occupational Therapy

WHEN TO SEE A PAIN MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

If you take medication for headache pain almost every day, or if the prescribed dose fails to work.
Traditional medications fail to help, or have unmanageable side effects.
Headaches persist for greater than 72 hours, or occur more than once or twice a week.
Headaches disrupt daily routine or degrade quality of life.
You develop a headache with new patterns, symptoms or qualities that differ from your normal headaches.

Our interventional pain specialists can diagnose rare headache disorders and break the cycle of long-lasting or acute migraine headaches. They also are up-to-date on the full spectrum of headache medicines and the most effective treatments, including SPG injections (sphenopalatine ganglion blocks), RFA of the occipital nerve, and spinal cord stimulator.

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