Personalized chiropractic treatment designed to relieve pain, restore movement, and improve your overall quality of life.
Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition associated with widespread pain and tenderness, often accompanied by fatigue, sleep problems, and other symptoms.
Because fibromyalgia affects people differently and can involve more than musculoskeletal pain alone, there isn’t one treatment that’s right for everyone.
At Toronto Neck & Back Pain Clinic, our role isn’t to suggest that chiropractic care treats the underlying fibromyalgia itself. Instead, we assess whether a person with fibromyalgia also has mechanical neck, back, or joint problems that may reasonably benefit from chiropractic care.
Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain condition involving increased sensitivity to pain and a variety of symptoms that may fluctuate over time.
Common symptoms can include:
Diagnosis and overall management of fibromyalgia generally involve medical care and may involve several healthcare professionals depending on the person’s needs.
There isn’t a single treatment that works for everyone.
Exercise and regular physical activity are among the better-supported approaches for managing fibromyalgia. Education, self-management strategies, sleep, psychological support when appropriate, medications, and multidisciplinary care may also form part of an individualized management plan.
The goal is usually not to find one treatment that “fixes” fibromyalgia, but to find a combination of strategies that helps a person manage symptoms, maintain activity, and improve quality of life.
Having fibromyalgia doesn’t prevent someone from also developing the same mechanical problems that affect anyone else.
A person with fibromyalgia may still experience:
When examination suggests that a mechanical musculoskeletal problem is contributing to someone’s symptoms, chiropractic care may be one reasonable option for that particular problem.
The distinction matters: treating a mechanical back or neck problem in someone who has fibromyalgia isn’t the same as claiming to treat fibromyalgia itself.
That depends on your symptoms and what an examination finds.
Fibromyalgia can increase sensitivity to touch, pressure, or physical treatment, so care should be appropriate to the individual and adjusted according to comfort and response.
If your primary concern appears to require medical management, structured rehabilitation, or another type of healthcare, we’ll recommend that rather than suggesting chiropractic care for something it isn’t well suited to manage.
Regular physical activity can be an important part of managing fibromyalgia, but finding the appropriate amount can take some experimentation.
Depending on your situation, useful strategies may include:
The objective isn’t necessarily to avoid discomfort completely. It’s to find an amount of activity that can be tolerated and gradually developed over time.
If you have fibromyalgia and are experiencing a specific neck, back, or joint problem, we can assess whether that problem appears appropriate for chiropractic care.
If it doesn’t, we’ll tell you.
First Visit — $47
Consultation + examination + treatment when appropriate
Follow-Up Treatments — $50
Same-day appointments available
Walk-ins welcome
No unnecessary long-term treatment plans or therapies
Toronto Neck & Back Pain Clinic
1849 Yonge Street, #412
Toronto, Ontario M4S 1Y2
416-960-9355
