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The "Energy Crisis" of FMS/CFS: Causes and Cures
Mon, 03/29/2010 - 11:27am
Both chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia are "energy crisis" disorders. It is easy to see that "energy crisis" would be an issue with chronic fatigue, but how is that related to fibromyalgia?
Imagine "writer's cramp". When the fingers run out of energy, they cramp up (the muscles shorten). And if you straightened them out very quickly, it would really hurt. That's what happens to your muscles when they do not get enough energy....they shorten (stiffness), and if you move against the "cramp"......they really hurt!
What causes the "energy crisis"? We have small organelles in each of our cells called "mitochondria". These little power houses produce our energy molecule ATP (adenosine tri phosphate) from vitamin C. It is a complicated process with many steps, and these steps may be disrupted by several different causes/factors. They can be depleted by excessive usage (heavy duty exercise), poisoned by toxins (lead, mercury, pesticides, etc.), missing key nutritional components that are needed to make ATP (vitamin C, iron, B vitamins) or direct damage to the mitochondria by fungi, bacteria and VIRUSES! (EBV-Epstein Barr virus, a.k.a. 'mono'!) They also can be affected by low hormones. And you can have all of these problems at once also.
The best practices for repair and function of these very necessary mitochondria is to follow the SHIN protocol.....good SLEEP, HORMONE replacement, INFECTION treatment and NUTRITIONAL supplementation (in addition to a good diet). These are all critical in the repair of the body to eliminate these underlying causes of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. When done properly, there is usually recovery by 80-85% of the patients treated.
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"There is no one to blame. There is only taking action!"........Wm. Marcus Spurlock, MD Dr. Spurlock presently works in Dallas, TX treating people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Bio-Identical Hormone Deficiences and Environmental Illnesses. He has been doing this work exclusively for the last 9 years. In the fall of 2011 he opened a new health center; please visit his website, which is where he posts education beyond what is sprinkled at Lumigrate. http://www.renewedvitalitymd.com/ Through a total body approach, the treatments he and his team provide are 85-90% successful in returning patients to their previous health potential. You can see his complete vitae in Lumigrate's forum "About Our Writers" (link: http://www.lumigrate.com/forum/my-vitae-wm-marcus-spurlock-m...), and the majority of his contributions on Lumigrate are in the FMS/CFS/CPain section, where you'll see a forum which includes his name: http://www.lumigrate.com/forums/health-issuesdis-eases/fibro....
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I was just looking around at the MASS of information over in the fibromyalgia forum and noticed that a year ago tomorrow, on November 4, 2009, Dr Spurlock wrote his first piece on Lumigrate, which was so 'short and sweet'/streamlined, valid, progressive, FUN, that I invited him to have his own forum (and obviously, he accepted!). So I thought I'd copy that over here so everyone can also see it, since it's similar to the piece, above, but a little different AND 'historical' as the first piece from him. THANKS TO EVERYONE who come to Lumigrate to read, write, contribute financially to support our efforts and make it be here doing what it does best! Dr Spurlock, included! ~~ Mardy
"Pain in patients with Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome may come in many different varieties. Some patients may actually have more than one pain condition at the same time. The core pain in Fibromyalgia is due to "Energy Deficits"! Think about your fingers when you have "writer's cramp". The fingers are drawn up (shortenened) and if you straightened one out really quick, it would really hurt! That's how it is with Fibromyalgia; the muscles are lacking energy and they shorten, and if you move against them, they hurt. The true goal in treating Fibromyalgia is to identify the sources of energy drainage and replace/repair that problem so that energy returns to the muscles, and therefore, the pain lessens or goes away. This particular task is not necessarily easy, it will take some definite work between the patient and the doctor/practitioner."
~~ Wm. Marcus Spurlock, MD
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