Dr. Slava Shut

When it comes to your overall health, sometimes it’s best to explore all options in your reach. The same symptoms can be caused by completely different roots. Take stomach pain, for instance.

Gastrointestinal discomfort can be caused by eating certain foods, long periods of inactivity, or even a chronic disease. The body is an amazing apparatus that tends to do well taking care of itself, and sometimes, treating the symptom can reveal that there’s really no serious underlying causes. 

But you can never be too careful when it comes to your health. If you can treat the symptom non-invasively, that’s even better.

Welcome to Topic Tuesday where we pick a topic related to business, finance, or life in general. Today, we’re going to discuss a powerful non pharmaceutical treatment for symptoms of fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Manual Lymphatic Drainage

As a physical therapist and financial mentor, I often talk about helping people improve their lives in all aspects. Let’s face it: if you don’t have your health, you don’t have anything. No matter where you’re starting from, there’s always a way to improve and maximize what you already have. Even if you’ve got a chronic illness that effects your muscoloskeletal system, there may be non-invasive procedures that can significantly improve your life. 

Fibromyalgia

Body pain, tenderness, and muscular fatigue can dramatically effect those who live with fibromyalgia. The degree to which the patient feels the effects varies. The exact cause of fibromyalgia is unknown at this point, and some symptoms in some people are more severe than in others. 

What we do know so far is that the disease appears to effect the brain’s ability to process pain signals. This can result in painful joints and cause everyday activities to be excrutiating. It can make seemingly uninjured places on the body feel completely impaired at times. But there’s definitely a few ways to treat some of the symptoms of the disease.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is just as exhausting as it sounds. The symptoms are described as constant, seemingly causeless fatigue. If that weren’t bad enough, these symptoms last for half a year or longer. It’s a real challenge for people with CFS to enjoy the same activities that they might if they weren’t suffering from the disease. 

Living with fibromyalgia or CFS can deeply diminish your quality of life. But it doesn’t have to.

Manual Lymphatic Drainage can actually relieve some of the more debilitating symptoms of both CFS and fibromyalgia. Aside from helping with painful swelling and bloating, MLD treatments can stimulate kidney functions and increase bloodflow in patients. 

But helping with chronic disease symptoms isn’t the only thing MLD is used for. Manual Lymphatic Drainage also has some surprising aesthetic health benefits. When combined with a vigorous exercise routine, adequate rest, and a balanced and healthy diet, MLD can actually reduce the appearance of cellulate. Also, you’ll likely notice that after MLD treatment, your skin will carry a certain healthy glow.

This is because MLD increases bloodflow, which provides more nutrients and oxygen throughout the entire musculoskeletal system. Not only will you look great after treatment,  Increased bloodflow actually contributes to greater overall physical health.

Get your next a Manual Lymphatic Drainage at Back 2 Health Physical Therapy. Contact my team to schedule a 1-on-1 today!