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What causes rib pain in fibromyalgia and how can i treat it?

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Good question: Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome. The exact cause of the pain is not always clear. People with fibromyalgia have pain at a lower threshold than people who don't have fibromyalgia. This means they feel pain at a much less intensified stimulus. The pain appears to be related to muscle tone and conditioning, pain perception less attenuatef because of lack of sleep and exercise increase brain activity.

Answered 4/10/2018

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Dr. Laurence Badgley answered

Specializes in General Practice

Trigger points: Query cause of fibromyalgia pain. Favored current theory is reset thresholds of brain centers for pain recognition, but this is an unproven theory. IMO better explanation is multitude of anoxic trigger points in widely ranging spastic deconditioned muscles holding up a lopsided body; caused by damaged & subluxing sacroiliac joint, unstable pelvic girdle, & secondary functional spinal scoliosis.

Answered 11/2/2014

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