Have you heard of myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) and fibromyalgia (FMS), only vaguely comprehending how the two conditions, both of which involve muscle pain throughout the body, are linked? Are they different offshoots from the same epidemiologic source, or are the distinct and separate conditions with distinct and separate treatments? The filmy layer on a raw chicken breast is fascia, which is wrapped around every muscle in your body, and penetrates muscles as well, bundling everything together. Myofascia is a term that expresses the interconnectedness of muscles and fascia; “myofascial trigger points” are the areas of the body that experience pain—or MPS. A growing body of research is linking fascial problems to Fibromyalgia syndrome. Dr. Ginevra Liptan, author of Figuring Out Fibromyalgia states that fascial inflammation is one part of a chain reaction that leads to other symptoms; this is where Fibromyalgia comes in.
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