Is fibromyalgia caused by childhood trauma?

Traumatic experiences such as emotional, physical, or sexual abuse are thought to be triggering factors in susceptible individuals for FMS. [6,7] In addition, several studies have suggested that childhood traumatic experiences (CTEs) are relatively high in FMS patients.

What is muscle armouring?

Muscular armor is character armor expressed in body, muscular rigidity. Armoring is the sum total of the muscular attitudes which a person develops as a defense against the breakthrough of emotions, especially anxiety, rage, sexual excitation.

What is more painful rheumatoid arthritis or fibromyalgia?

Rheumatoid arthritis causes visible damage to joints. Fibromyalgia does not. Rheumatoid arthritis also gets progressively worse, causing swelling and sometimes deformities. The pain from fibromyalgia is more widespread, while rheumatoid arthritis is concentrated initially to hands, wrists, knees and balls of the feet.

What does muscle guarding mean?

Muscle guarding is the state when muscles are held in a partial state of readiness to act. A runner at the starting line that is waiting for the signal is muscle guarding, the body is holding the muscles partially contracted so they are prepared for the upcoming demands. Similar to the flight or fight syndrome.

Do muscles hurt with rheumatoid arthritis?

Rheumatoid arthritis symptoms can also go beyond your joints. You could feel: Fatigue. Muscle aches.

How do I get rid of muscle guarding?

Like with trigger points, muscle guarding can also be treated effectively with massage. From a massage therapist’s perspective muscle guarding may manifest as an obviously stiff, awkward feeling in the joint or limb movement – like the muscles are resisting movement imposed from the outside.

How do you get muscles to stop guarding?

Specific exercise therapy works to not only to increase mobility and muscle strength, it works with your brain to “reprogram” proper movement. This in conjunction with chiropractic care is the best options to stop the muscle guarding and break the pain cycle.