Fibromyalgia SpecialistA fibromyalgia specialist is a doctor who focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of this horribly symptomatic disorder. The most common type of doctor who qualifies as a specialist is a rheumatologist. These doctors specialize in treatments for disorders of the joints, muscles and bones. They also treat such conditions as arthritis, osteoporosis, auto-immune diseases, gout, lupus, tendonitis and general musculoskeletal disorders. Unfortunately, these doctors usually treat fibromyalgia with a cocktail of addicting and side effect ridden drugs. After all the time a specialist spends learning all the facts about fibromyalgia, the best treatment they can usually offer is symptomatic relief.Fibromyalgia Specialist Details
What is the point of establishing parameters only to discount them completely? To go one step further… What is the point of establishing any diagnosis if there are no effective treatments? It is akin to pronouncing a terrible sentence on a patient and then simply sending them home without any help at all… Looking at the history of FMS care, the entire industry seems to revolve exclusively around money. Not that money is not a huge factor in all medical sectors, but seems to be the main driving force explaining the way FMS has evolved as a diagnosis and a treatable condition. Classification is crucial to provide treatment and therapy is the actual money maker. Rheumatologists have certainly classified their fair share of patients as suffering from FMS, although they never really defined what fibromyalgia truly is, where it comes from, what causes it or how to treat it. All these points must be unimportant to the money making process… Who cares how abyssal curative results are, as long as that money keeps flowing in. Recommendation for a Fibromyalgia SpecialistEven though these knowledgeable doctors might be up on all the latest and greatest treatments for FMS, I would not recommend seeing one as an exclusive care provider. The treatments offered typically do little or nothing to cure this terrible pain syndrome.Eventually, the typical drug treatments may cause more secondary symptoms than they cure. Your best bet would be to give a specialist a try, but also to consider alternative treatment providers, as well. The answer to your particular form of fibromyalgia pain might be a combination of treatments from different care providers. The best specialist I have ever met for fibromyalgia is Dr. John E. Sarno. Dr. Sarno does not even treat Fibromyalgia specifically, but he has enjoyed better treatment results than most fibromyalgia experts. He can be reached at his office at The Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine at The NYU Medical Center in Manhattan. Fibromyalgia Specialist to Back Pain 5/27/06 Revised 12/23/11 |
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