Get Help with your Fibromyalgia, you may not need to suffer!

Fibromyalgia can be debilitating in all of its forms. This condition also has a remarkably wide range of symptoms and intensities and can be difficult to detect and treat. A major problem today is that people with this condition are often so medicated with such a wide variety of pharmaceuticals that they begin to have more complicated problems from their medication while finding little or no relief from the fibromylagia. The Bridge program has helped many to manage this condition with little or no medication and some have even eliminated their symptoms completely. Proper diet, movement, massage, acupuncture, traditional medication, supplements and herbs are all used appropriately in the intensive and comprehensive program. Again, the basic tenet of our program is to help your body balance and in so doing, help your system to regain its health. Call now and let us help you begin your path to a deep and lasting recovery.

Do I Have Fibromyalgia?

That is not an easy question. In the United States, some 3% to 5% of adult women meet the strict diagnostic criteria of the American College of Rheumatology for fibromyalgia, but as many as 15% to 20% of adult women may have fibromyalgia-like symptoms. Fibromyalgia syndrome is often difficult to diagnose, and typically a diagnosis is reached through the time-consuming and expensive process of ruling out other illnesses that have similar symptoms. In addition, many physicians consider fibromyalgia to be the result of aging and other normal body processes and do not regard it as a distinct clinical disorder. The resulting reluctance on the part of some physicians to attribute their patients' symptoms to a specific illness has added considerably to the distress of many fibromyalgia patients. One fairly new and promising test is a patented blood test called the Anti-Polymer Antibody Assay, or APA Assay. Researchers found anti-polymer antibodies in approximately one-half of all patients who were diagnosed with fibromyalgia and in more than 60% of the fibromyalgia patients with severe fibromyalgia symptoms. Patients with diseases frequently confused with fibromyalgia, including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and systemic sclerosis/scleroderma, had a much lower incidence of these antibodies than did the fibromyalgia patients. This may be a place to start, but note that even those that had severe fibromylagia, only 60% showed the anti-polimer antibodies in their blood.