DrGraeme massagers were developed by a chiropractor as an effective tool for home massage therapy. They are brilliant for people with conditions such as back pain, but have wide uses including general health ands wellness, and those playing sports or exercising.
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Of course. They are not optimised for this purpose and are totally inappropriate. You could have got an appropriate massager for a fraction of the price.
Thank you for this information about massagers. The difference in vibration and percussion is critical information for me (and I'm sure many others). There are so many choices on Amazon that it's still confusing, but with your help, I believe I can choose a massager that works best for my body.
Thank you Dr for your very well explained.. I suffer for.last 16 years. Now recent it got flared up n very severe pain from head to the toe on all parts..I'm am treated by a well known Neurologist and orthopaedic Drs. Unable to sleep, sit, stand. V. V..crucial pain. Tnx for your teaching..❤
Thank you for this message I just bought a massager feel wonderful 😊 Hope it works for me I am 86yrs old ingood shape But my legs back and feet nerve pain and fibromyalgia for 15 years I will give it go with a prayer😂❤🎉
This is interesting and sort of where I have ended up. I'm interested in learning about the development of Fibromyalgia pain and a possible association with teeth clenching, jaw grinding and nail biting. Perhaps there are trigger points that line up with the Tmj area and the neck.
Can't find anything like this in the USA Except a genie which can't reach my back. I would need help. Dont have anyone to assist me. Can you recommend something similar sold in the USA i can use myself? Tried Amazon only to find massage guns and percussion machines. I have painful knots everywhere. My whole body is tender and knotted up. FM is causing me so much pain and agony. i have trouble walking and when i stand or walk for more than 10 minutes, i get horrible flareups that lasts weeks. My quality of life has deteriorated to the point i am not living just existing.
I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia years and years ago…but, I have NEVER had the trigger point pain that they say diagnoses it! However, I have severe Deg.Disc Disease, and spinal stenosis and have had two major spine surgeries. My muscle knots have returned along with the loss of improvements from surgeries. I also have other diseases now, but firmly believe had I received proper treatment, I would still be mobile today, without all these knots all over my body, and the pain that goes with it. My knots are in my abdomen , ribs, neck, spine, arms legs….everywhere! better research and treatment would have made a difference for Thousands of people who are suffering today!
I normally just delete comments that blatantly incorrect and misleading, but decided to leave this one as an illustration of the stupidity that exists. Fibromyalgia is supposed to be diagnosed when the medics cannot find a cause of pain. yet Gizmo has has severe disc generation, stenosis and two major spinal surgeries. Gizmo says that he never had trigger point pain, but later says their where "knots" all over his/her body. "Knots" are a non technical term that describes trigger points. Lastly Gizmo says that better research and treatment would make a huge different. There is no argument about the need for better treatment, but the research has already been done. As stated in the video though that research is swept under the carpet so drug companies can sell more drugs.
sorry but this doesn't make any sense - chronic pain in multiple locations in the physical body (fibromyalgia) is caused by persistent pain bombardment at the trigger points? This is like saying that the president of this country is a good leader because he is the president of this country. It is circular reasoning and doesn't really explain anything.
I don't mind if people say they don't understand, but not people who show their ignorance by saying that it doesn't make sense and doesn't explain things. For any polite people who don't understand sensitisation consider the analogy of bee stings. Sometimes people are repeatedly stung by bees. At first they just get normal pain, but their bodies eventually become sensitised so the same bee sting causes a massive reaction.
I really think that fibromyalgia is linked to digestive disorders, especially Sibo, which more people have than they realize and could be the cause of many health issues. I had tummy issues several years ago that just progressed to worrying and sometimes debilitating symptoms. Besides bloating and other uncomfortable tummy issues, I was experiencing weird tingling sensations in my feet and legs, like it was a nerve problem, but of course that wasn’t my main concern. It’s said that Sibo damages the gut lining and affects absorption of nutrients, like B vitamins, integral to nerve function. An allopathic doctor prescribed an acid reducer which helped at first but I think made things worse over time. Later I sought help from a naturopath who gave me a breath test which led to my diagnosis. I followed a strictly restrictive diet for several months to get rid of the bad bacteria, reset my micro biome and repair my gut lining. I also bought a vibration plate to use to help lymph flow as I was so exhausted all the time that regular exercise activity was difficult. I found that helped with the nerve/muscle issues in my legs. As a very welcome side effect, I also lost all the cumbersome extra weight I had been depressingly carrying for about a dozen years, effortlessly - at age 52, and I’ve kept it off for 3 years now. I’m a size 4 and wear bikinis whenever I damn well feel like. I was never hungry on that diet because I did a lot of research and preparation before the day I committed to starting. Now I will say the healing crisis in the first week with the bacteria die off was nasty but I persevered because frankly I didn’t want to go through that again if I cheated and ate that piece of chocolate my brain was telling me to eat. I ate until I was full and never counted calories nor reduced fat. Lots of fat is good. I did also follow one meal a day intermittent fasting to give my gut more time to repair itself, but I found my body mostly prefers to not eat until later in the day. I was also suffering from what I found out later was gastrocardiac syndrome, with very high blood pressure, tachycardia and irregular heartbeats, plus dizzy spells and almost blackout fainting. It’s also important to deal with stress and anxiety during the healing process, so I was prescribed an adrenal support, magnesium and a digestive supplement, to help calm my overactive nervous system. Personally, I also started to practice meditative yin yoga, which also helped with relaxation, but also helped stretched my tight connective tissue which was causing pain and headaches. When embarking on a new health journey, you have to take control of your own life and find what works for you to facilitate your healing process. A wholistic approach is necessary. Ask for help - find people and practitioners to guide and assist you. Do your own research and take positive action. Realize you are worth feeling your best. Many of us are caregivers and don’t take time for self-care. That is so important. Please take good care of yourselves.
A few days ago, while biking in the desert, I suddenly fell, due to which I got a bruise on my under-knee, and this bruise changed color, and now the skin color is getting normal, but the muscle was very hard in that place. Now 3 to 4 clots have formed which are not painful but cause pain in the whole leg.
Thank you so much! I've been in such bad pain all day, I'm so glad I came across this video. I've been rubbing directly on my elbow all day making it worse 🤦🏻♀️ Not even 5 minutes of doing what you suggested and my elbow is 10x better 🙌
From my experience the pain is caused by our immune systems attacking our joints. That's why they give you Prednisone, to lower down our immune system to relieve the pain. Unfortunately, it's only a 5-day treatment. The pain came back immediately after I finished it. Chronic anxiety and PTSD are apparently what triggers the immune system to attack the joints. Tomorrow I start Duloxetine.
Normally I just delete ill-informed and misleading comments like this, but will leave it for educational purposes. "Immune systems attacking our joints" refer to arthritides such as rheumatoid arthritis. By definition "fibromyalgia" is diagnosed when no cause cam be found, but medics can certainly find conditions like rheumatoid. Next we are told that rheumatoid and the like are caused by chronic anxiety and PTSD. Where do people get these crazy ideas?????
Yes it has to be strong enough, and not a percussion massager (jackhammer rather than deliver therapeutic vibrations). Please see the following link for how to choose. That said, most personal use massagers are either massage guns or ineffective consumer machines (or both) so we built our own. www.drgraeme.com/articles/2021/11/how-to-choose-a-massager
I don't believe there is some conspiracy to keep people in pain just to sell them drugs. My health professionals are dedicated, caring professionals for whom I'm very thankful.
Just to clarify this, health care professionals are usually very dedicated caring people. The conspiracy comes from those providing the information they use. Medical journals, researchers, education facilities and most forms of media rely on drug company advertising and funding so they skew the info they report. Politicians are similarly influenced. If that is not enough the drug companies provide doctors with all expense paid trips to conferences that are thinly disguised sales sessions, and have salespeople known as "detail people" who will take them out to lunch to "educate them". By the time those nice caring dedicated people get to see you they are thoroughly indoctrinated.
I have been the whole Fibromyalgia route - misdiagnosis, diagnosis, incorrect treatment, proper treatment, recovery. First symptoms in 1987, symptom free since about 2000. Dr. Janet Travell published an accurate and detailed book on Fibromyalgia and Trigger points in 1983, this has been a tremendous help with its detailed mapping of trigger points and referred pain in the upper body. If you can find a used copy it is very much worthwhile. Some of Dr Travell’s reccomended treatments are not possible at home, but the following are: Heat (warm bath) and direct steady pressure on a trigger point are possible and beneficial. An effective technique that is accessible for self treatment at home or at work is simply an inexpensive personal TENS unit, which can be purchased online. One electrode is placed over the trigger point, another over the referred pain or over the muscle enervation. This has helped me tremendously. Fibromyalgia is aggravated by poor sleep and wakefulness (which is aggravated by the pain itself). I mitigated this by a prescription of very low dose tricyclic antidepressant (from my Rheumatologist) and by ensuring that my bedroom was very quiet and very dark. I cove the window with aluminum foil and electrical tape so that no light can enter. I used various techniques to mask background noise. Fibromyalgia is aggravated by poor ergonomic seating - at home, at work, in your car. Fortunately my wife is an occupational therapist and helped me with these. An important consideration is that Fibromyalgia it involves a feedback cycle wherein the distress caused by the pain aggravates the condition, causing more pain. It’s important to break the feedback cycle very quickly when it starts. Treatment should be ready to start immediately when pain occurs, without delay for making appointments. Hence home treatment is key.
@110311DONTWANTCHANNE leaves a comment saying that the lumps are not trigger points, but rather CRPS. I normally just delete stupid comments from complete mor ons, but will leave this one as an example. First thought,, does he/she actually think all those PhD scientists who have done the research don't know what trigger points are? Next I had to look at what CRPS was. It stands for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. I looked up the diagnostic criteria and there are no tests for it. It is just diagnosed when someone has the pain and their tests cannot find anything. Just like "fibromyalgia" the doctors cannot find anything and don't know what is going on, but they come up with a technical sounding name so people like @110311DONTWANTCHANNE think they do. I guess they think that if people are gullible enough to believe that by using the term "fibromyalgia" people will think they know what is going on, then the same thing will work for "CRPS".
@@drgraeme YES THE QUACKS WITH SCRAP PAPER SAYING THEY HAVE DOCTORATE DEGREES ARE OFTEN WRONG....do you still believe autism is caused by vaccines...how about the god of medicine that proved Guaifenison cured FMS (which has since been disproven) and all the other 'doctors' who claim something else is the cause and THEY are the god that have the cure...how can so many gods be right...when they have countless different PROOF of cause and cure....early on, not even related to FMS< i listed all my medical encounters....80% were MALPRACTICE...because the gods just have their heads stuck up their asses.
@@drgraeme you had to look up CRPS? THAT PROVES YOU ARE JUST AN OVER GROWN KINDERGARTENER...anyone researching FMS would know what it is.....and FYI, i have worked with the 2 top world renowned researchers in FMS......people that don't claim to be know it all gods..medical doctors and other people with doctorate degrees and other medical degrees
I came down with FM after being married to a severe narrist, When I left him, I became at peace, as soon as I was at peace, the pain came on, I lived many years tensed up, walking on egg shells, never knowing when he would strick. My body didnt know how to handle the peace and tranquility I was now living, my central nervious system was shot. Its taken me 10 years to start healing, and think my nervioys system is finally realizing that all that trauma is gone, and adjusting its self.
Yes sensitisation can be caused by many things. The same principle applies as to the trigger points, ie. remove whatever is causing the sensitisation and the nervous system will recover. As the following video discusses once you have fibromyalgia it creates its own stress that help it self-perpetuate. You have unexplained pain, dealing with medics, and not knowing if you will ever get better. Understanding what's really going on will be a big help. Wishing you the best in getting better. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pSmMoKX7Bmw.html
I’ve been in pain for decades. Three rheumatologist told me I have fibromyalgia. I will not take drugs. I walk a lot and try to keep on the go. At 62, I’m still dealing with the pain. Some days are better than others and Winter it seems worse. Hope everyone can find some relief. Thank you for this info Doc! 😊
Thank you for your video, Dr. Graeme. I have "fibromyalgia" and believe it is largely part of several traumas I suffered throughout my life - which I believe are lessons we all have chosen to learn in our lifetime. I followed everything so far (psychotherapy, psychiatry, past lives, many courses on self-improvement, etc.). I make a point of seeing the glass half full rather than half empty. Nobody other than family and close friends know how much pain I am going through. I have done the best I could to help myself. I stopped working at 62 years old (am now a young 75 years old) with a positive attitude, always meeting people with a smile whenever I can go out. 😊 I am followed by a chiropractor for osteoarthritis in my spine and go to see him for "maintenance" once a month, particularly to prevent fusion of my lower back. At this point in my life, I am taking one day at a time, taking my medication faithfully (Lyrica, Cymbalta, Topamax + vitamins). I also started taking Zolpidem a few months ago as I could not sleep. I now realize I probably had not have a REM sleep for a long time even though I am wearing a CPAP for sleep apnea. Sometimes, we really want to help ourselves, you know. 🙏
I normally just delete stupid irrelevant comments, but decided to leave this one to show pathetic and lazy some people are, expecting everything to be done for them and not willing to put in any effort to help themselves. ORIGINAL POST in case it is deleted ( @Aldeillusions I do not like having to click more links to get relevant info- cover it all in one video. I don't like tracking info down- I ave other stuff to do.)
My fibromyalgia went from debilitating to a nuisance when my crumbling, dysplastic knee was surgically fused. When my severe knee pain, which I needed 45-60 mg of morphine to function with (but didn't help the fibro pain at all), subsided so did the fibro pain. I now take MSM which reduces the fibro pain from a 5-6 level to 0-1 most days. Before the surgery, the MSM appeared to do very little. My fibromyalgia still flares if I do too much physical activity.
Fibromyalgia is sensitisation from other pain. Often from trigger points but in this case the knee. For more info on causes ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pSmMoKX7Bmw.html
As a retired massage therapist i can attest to the fact that trigger point pain can cause wide spread , persistent and referred pain but with trigger point therapy work they do go away - melt away like boom ! Its amazing and very rewarding work 🙌
Thank you,, most people do not get these treated properly. First doctors do not recognise the cause, then eventually your nervous system becomes sensitised.
Massage cripples me as a fibro person. No way can this do anything but cause me more pain. One size does not fit all. I’ve been living with fibro for fourty four years. I got enough self care info from the multiple pain clinics I’ve experienced during that time until now. The best thing I did was adopt the ketogenic lifestyle. Most of my improvements have come from changing the foods I eat. Type 2 diabetes is now controlled by diet and I no longer take medications. Hope this helps someone.
Sensitisation means that sufferers are far less tolerant to conventional massages. Also, one would need a very large number of massages to properly address the problems. Because of this we recommend vibration massage, which is far easier on your body. It can be easily self applied making it practical to have a large number of applications. For more info please see ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mS3YAgLpgSY.html
