Saving the muscle

From the perspective of the pain always coming from wherever it’s felt and and hurting after  activity, we are tired without having made an effort, we sleep little and badly and we don’t recover energy nor muscle rest, it’s logical to conclude that widespread pain is a muscle-skeletal thing. The only thing left to do is feel the muscles to expose and objectify the corpus delicti. If we palpate muscles and get 11 painful points, the thing is clear: it’s fibromyalgia.

It’s the muscles. For the sufferers it’s clear. They don’t measure up. They are sore, bottomless, without energy, sensitive, inflamed. We must get them back with exercise but very gently, without excesses.

How did it all begin?

- In an accident, an idiot who hit us from behind on a red light.

- It was a time of a lot of stress ...

- The spine. Osteoarthritis ...

- It just happened ...

Experts seek and describe subtle chemical changes in muscles and nerve endings of nociceptors (vigilant neurons of harm). Something happens there. Wherever it hurts there is clear evidence of abnormality.

There is also evidence that the nervous system is hypersensitive. True, but this is due to the bombardment it’s submitted to from the center of muscle pain. It’s essential to identify and silence the nociceptive signal hideouts, hidden places from which the pain leaks and fills the neural network and keeps it at bay.

Massages, relaxations, gentle and progressive exercise, punctures on myofascial points, botulinum toxin, detachments, surgery ... Anything that puts out the muscle’s continuous fire will be beneficial.

Struggling with stress is necessary. No stress. Muscle contracture. No pain. Pain stresses. It’s prohibited.

Refreshing sleep is also needed. Insomnia is also prohibited.

The muscle must be treated with care. Non-toxic feeding. Healthy diet.

Positive attitude. Selflessness. Fortitude. Illness awareness. Hope. Optimism. Even pride if needed.

Drugs. Needles. Homeopathy. They don’t cure, but they relieve.

High spirits, even if the sky is falling. Don’t get depressed. Take antidepressants if needed.

It’s all about the muscle! It needs support, breath, be pampered.

Muscle fibers are hyperexcitable cells in their own right. If the environment is not adequate, they contracture creating vicious circles. If the task is not adequate, they suffer overload, abuse. There are "Cinderella" muscles. They’re the ones who deal with everything. The tasks of modernity aren’t the most appropriate. The computer... We don’t know why the sapiens’ (ma non troppo) cervicals are “pro-no”-ly selected for this damn modern life. What to say of the lumbar vertebrae! Why can’t we be quadrupeds! Bipedalism has given us an excessive bill. Free hands with an opponent thumb, yeah, that’s fine... but what about the back pain...?

There is an urge to protect the muscle since childhood. There are children with fibromyalgia. Muscularly healthy life. We already have the cardio-healthy proposals. The heart is also a muscle. Let’s do the same with the rest. Stretching. One hour before each game and one hour after. The kids need to acquire good habits.

There’s no doubt. The muscles are at their peak. We need them to be strong, energetic, relaxed...

- Brain, you say?

The brain decade has already passed. We are left with a lot of new and expensive drugs, social alarm for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, promises ... and more suffering. More pain, more despair, more tiredness, more insomnia.

- Neurons? Are they cells?

When the embryo neurons first appear, they contact the muscle fibers and nothing will ever be the same for them. They will receive orders.

The muscle is a servant. Yes, the brain is the boss.

Fibromyalgia, a matter of muscle? A matter of brain?

Suit yourself...