The short answer is we don’t exactly know, but the research points to an initiating event that activates biochemical changes, causing a cascade of symptoms. 1 Initiating events include: prolonged emotional stress greater than 6 months, repetitive stress or cumulative trauma, extended labor in pregnancy, major surgery, inguinal hernia repair, and many more. 1 There isn’t always one single event, and in most cases, there isn’t one cause, but rather several. 2 These stressful initiator of Fibromyalgia, result in chemical changes of your neurotransmitters (a.k.a. informational substances). 3 Neurotransmitters are the body’s messengers, and include peptides, neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, growth factors, hormones, interleukins, cytokines and other similar substances. 1
I hope this sheds some light on what we know about the cause of fibromyalgia.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at drshook@alliancechiropracticcenter.com
- Starlanyl, Devin and Copeland, Mary Ellen. 2001. Fibromyalgia & Chronic Myofascial Pain, A Survival Manual 2nd Edition. Oakland: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
- Bennett, R. M., and S. Jacobsen. 1994. Muscle function and origin of pain in fibromyalgia. Baillieres Clin Rheumatol 8(4):721-746.
- Starlanyl, D. 1998. The Fibromyalgia Advocate. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications. Chapter 2.
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