Holistic Approaches to Fibromyalgia

Of people in the know, that is, people who have had success in lessening the symptoms of Fibromyalgia or, possibly, helping others heal from Fibromyalgia, holistic approaches seem to work best. That is, better than prescription drugs which act as a Bandaid approach only because they mask the symptoms, not remove them. With integrative, holistic approaches to Fibromyalgia, the results are better, longer lasting and sometimes they work indefinitely.

Today I’m covering some of the material offered in my new book that’s coming out soon, From The Floor Looking Up, a memoir/ health book on how I got so sick with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and how I healed. Check this out below. Sign up to receive the newest information about the book, if you haven’t already done so. I welcome each person who suffers with this illness and who wants to get rid of it.

At the bottom of today’s Health Matters Show blog post, we’ll finish talking about “holistic approaches to Fibromyalgia”.

Thank you,
Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show and author of From the Floor Looking Up

(Audio podcast is 10 minutes 45 seconds)

Today we’ll look briefly at five areas:

I) LIFE CHANGES: a) Get moving. If you are able to get out of bed for any length of time at all, one of the first things to do to start feeling better is to add a slow-paced exercise program to your routine. The best examples include walking around the block, a gentle, easy-does-it water aerobics class, yoga, meditation, or entry level Pilates™ class.

LIFE CHANGES: b) Decrease stress. Another thing to put on your first to-do list, consider how to decrease your stress level. You can cut back on your hours spent at work, alter the number of days worked, change jobs or consider taking a break away from work entirely through the Family Medical Leave Act or provided for by a disability policy (personal or group).

LIFE CHANGES: c) Retool your kitchen and food supplies aiming at making life in the kitchen easier, healthier and a place that offers you better choices such as grass-fed beef, organic vegetables and fruit and lots of pure, clean water to drink.

LIFE CHANGES: d) Concentrate on restoring your body’s normal sleep schedule. The suggestion is simple, but many times hard to accomplish: Go to bed at a decent hour and get 8 to 9 hours of real sleep and complete rest. That allows your body the hours it needs to heal what’s wrong with you and, if necessary, to re-regulate its natural biorhythms. For more specific suggestions, order your “free” copy of 3 Critical Things You Must Know About Sleep to Begin Feeling Better today.

II) GAINING KNOWLEDGE. Putting it to good use. a) Reading and research. I do a lot of reading and research into many authority-figures’ works. Once of the best sources I’ve found to give insight to what is wrong with someone is Karol K. Truman’s Feelings Buried Alive Never Die. If you crack open the door and begin to look within, you may find some astounding answers about what is perpetuating your illness.

b) CONSULTING A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL counselor or healing consultant will help most patients develop effective coping skills. Once you’re extremely sick, it’s valuable to have someone on your side. I like to think of it as having a personal cheerleader and friend who’s always willing, able and ready to listen. I go one step further and offer my services as a healing consultant. The time spent with my clients helps them recover their health and is rewarding to me, too.

Just getting your problems out in the open is the first step towards resolving them. Plus, Fibromyalgia brings with it so many symptoms, having someone to help you cope with them can be a miracle in itself. The possible issues are almost too voluminous to cover in this short post.

III) ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES: Complementary Fibromyalgia treatment options

a) Alternative health information. As you and I investigate the best source of information about Fibromyalgia alternative therapies, we consult the Internet and such a source as the National Institute of Health (NIH) Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Mind Body methods research division. The website includes papers, clinical trials, web-teaching videos and lots of information about the value of considering a mind body approach to your health problem. Some of the best work is being done in the realm of cancer, but much of this approach can be applied to Fibromyalgia. *My point in aiming you at this credible website is to get you to open up to the possibility that mind body medicine does have something to offer you. I see the proof of this everyday in the technique I use to help people heal from Fibromyalgia, Sacred Cellular Healing.

(b) Begin a program of low-impact walking, water aerobics and/or movement therapies, such as Tai Chi and Chi Gong. They can help you stay active and may provide you a much-needed measure of body conditioning. Be warned that it’s even tougher to come back physically, if you allow your body to become de-conditioned due to lack of any exercise.

(c) Check out people who do hands-on work or specialize in relaxation. You can find local massage therapists with experience in working with people suffering with your symptoms. Also acupuncturists, Reiki masters, Chakra balancing, specialized energy work. One online source of relaxation work can be found with Dan Howard and his fantastic Intentional Resting™ Method. Check it out while you’re here.

I find Intentional Resting™ to be a simple yet powerful way to decompress and begin the healing process for me or anyone. I wish I’d thought of it myself! (Also, none of Dan’s products or courses are extremely expensive.)

Also, deep breathing, muscle relaxation techniques, visual imagery, and music therapy can be beneficial for some patients in overcoming emotional problems, reducing anxiety, promoting a sense of well-being and calming over-active, body processes.

(d) An additional therapy to also check out would be a Healing Touch™ program. This type of complementary (a.k.a. holistic or integrative) energy therapy can be used in conjunction with traditional therapies or as a stand-alone treatment.

IV. SUPPORT GROUPS AND ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES: for encouragement, interaction and helping you stay connected to the world. Specify what you’re looking for on Google by using a combination of “” quotation marks, + plus signs, etc. Example: a Google search for the term, support group + fibromyalgia + denver, delivered ten results. There a hundreds of thousands of people in “Fibro” groups on Facebook and scads of people looking for someone to talk to on Twitter. I am one of them! Contact me on Facebook at Cinda Crawford or my page, GET WELL HEALTH. Find me on Twitter at cindacrawford.

There are a few special Healthcare Links in the box on the right.

V. BLOGS, PODCASTS, FORUMS, TELESEMINARS, WEBINARS, VIDEOS & more! To find good resources in each of these categories, do some further research. Or make it easy on yourself by signing up for my teleseminar presentations by filling in the blanks of the box on this page entitled “What’s Happening? Get info by email.”

If you get back on Google and put in your terms plus (+) what you’re looking for (example Fibromyalgia + forum), you’ll get lots of information. Note, on most forums, there’s lots of talk going on with some of it being negative. On blogs, not so much so. On ones like the Health Matters Show, I tend to offer more information because I believe there’s power in what you know.

No matter which way you go, there’s always a good number of information sources at your fingertips, but few health and healing holistic approaches to Fibromyalgia like what you’ll find here with Sacred Cellular Healing. It’s mind, body, spirit healing at its best with a strong emphasis on the energetic and spiritual aspects of healing. Without a doubt, this is an excellent way to heal from Fibromyalgia!

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Often putting your health first is not easy and not an option for many reasons. For me, though, it’s a necessity right now. In originally getting well from Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and other illnesses, I was like an athlete suddenly waking from a horrible nightmare and wanting to bolt out of the gate. (Learn “how” with the video below.)

Thankfully, that revival happened over six years ago. I enjoy great energy and few symptoms most of the time, but currently…I’m struggling. Why? Probably from stress and burning the proverbial candle at both ends. So you ask…

Answer: In being truly transparent with you, my audience, I plan to drop back and return to basics by taking some downtime for “Cinda”. I’ll spend time being revived and refreshed using the energy and spiritual healing work that helped me heal in the first place! With Sacred Cellular Healing!

I hope you enjoy the following video that explains this even better. And, I promise to update you on my progress as I feel better.

Here’s a belief I believe we all share: as human beings living in a complicated modern society, we all are at the mercy of stress in our lives. I didn’t suddenly “run down”. The truth is my engine has felt challenged, running slower and darned rough for awhile. So, logically, I will be working to recoup my vitality. My efforts to feel better may take some time to work because the stress in my life is not going away simply because it’s affecting me negatively. We’ll have to see how I do. Either way I promise to check back in with you for an update.

So…how about you? What are you doing to feel better? How are you getting well? What do you have to fall back on when your health and life are challenged and stress is cracking your whip?

Thanks, Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show

(Video: 5 minutes 57 seconds.)

The Truth About Healing is a video explaining the fact that there are a lot of people capable of healing, even people suffering with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I know this is true because I help many of those same people. I work with them constantly as they progress, get healthier and work to reclaim their lives. Through God’s grace, through their beliefs, their efforts and the introduction to the concepts of Sacred Cellular Healing as one-on-one clients or as members of the Learn How to Heal Membership Course, they are doing it. They are getting their health back. They are getting their lives back!

You’ve probably heard people say, “There is no cure for Fibromyalgia,” or “You’re doomed if you have a bad case of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.” Neither statement is true.

My clients are being successful and so many of them are enjoying better health. I’m shouting “Hoorah!” and doing my Snoopy dance. This work is fun and thrilling.

But all kidding aside, please know this is one of the most critical life issues that a person saddled with chronic illness can face. I support each individual directly or indirectly through the healing course with every ounce of energy, skill and faith that I have. I’m sure you wish them well, too.

Some of the people that I see are private clients. I work with them one-on-one in Roanoke, Virginia. Others I consult with at a distance over the phone, via Skype or on private teleconferences. Because this healing technique involves spiritual/energy healing, distance of a mile or 5,000 miles is of absolutely no consequence.

Sacred Cellular Healing is based on 1) spiritual and energetic universal laws that have no boundaries and 2) the spiritual concept that holds this statement as absolute truth: God Has No Limitations.

My clients in the third group are enrolled in Learn How to Heal Yourself membership course. Check it out right here on this page before you go and the oh-so-fantastic special offer that I bring you today. If you want more healing in your life, be sure to enroll in this course.

Healing your mind, body and spirit is more possible than ever. You only need to have 2 things: an attitude that somewhere, somehow, there is healing in your future and you really, really want it! And, you need to act and seek out that healing.

I hope you feel better, get well and learn the truth about healing, too!

Cinda Crawford of Roanoke, Virginia, host of the Health Matters Show and creator of the Learn How to Heal Yourself membership course

If you are curious about the new healing technology called Sacred Cellular Healing (SCH), you’re not alone. I’ve had quite a few people ask me lately for more information, more explanation and maybe a first hand account from someone who’s done well with using this technique. Essentially, a testimonial about healing and “how” SCH is so effective.

So here is a video of a recent client of mine, Lori Webber. She was anxious to do this when I approached her about the possibility. I think the reason for that is because she feels so much better.

So here’s special thanks to Lori for her kind words and the great explanation she offers in her testimonial about how Sacred Cellular Healing worked so well for her.

Ps-s-s-s-st…Lori really is a great gal. “Friend” her over on Facebook under the name, “Lori Hillman Webber.” Lori is now feeling great and having fun selling Premier Designs Jewerly.

PS- It is possible for you to get private Sacred Cellular Healing work done with me in person or at a distance. [Send your interest and questions to cinda (at) getwellhealth.com.]

Or, if you’re a ‘can do’ type of person, you can take your healing more in your own hands and investigate the “free” to low cost Learn How to Heal Yourself Membership Course. You will learn how to heal while taking this course! Be sure to check out both of these options while you’re here.

*The link to sign up for the membership course is the first thing you see on the top right of the blog underneath the video.

Dear One, it’s time that you got rid of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome… isn’t it?

Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show -and-
Creator of Sacred Cellular Healing

Even though I work in the healing business of helping people heal, I shy away from calling myself a healer. I believe that God is the ultimate healer. You and I are capable of little without His help.

Still, every once in awhile, people will tell me that what I do is nothing short of incredible. I guess that’s because SCH is so different and the process works well.

Decide for yourself with the following 3 truisms, plus something I’ve discovered… the fact that I’m not the only person who thinks this way or is saying these things:

Listen to the 10 minute 9 second audio podcast by pressing the small right-facing arrow on the bar. (Or, feel free to download it.)

• ONE, All true healing work comes from God. When it corresponds to His will, I believe that our Father designs healing tools and puts us to work using them in people’s lives. He gives us new information all the time. He gave me the knowledge of how to design Sacred Cellular Healing (SCH) and I am very grateful.

As the servant, I carry out the work He gives me to do (a) by helping people feel better, and (b) by teaching and coaching others about the concepts and philosophies of Sacred Cellular Healing. Very soon, the people who study and become skilled in doing SCH will be able (through certification training) to go out into the world and also do this type of healing work. I not only will give them my permission to do so, but also my blessing to manifest this important service work! (More details about this important event will be out soon.)

• TWO, I titled this healing modality Sacred Cellular Healing because it has a divine origin and nature and, as a comprehensive health tool, it works from the smallest cellular structures out, the cells;
• THREE, Sacred Cellular Healing is birthed from the underlying concepts that you and I are a combination of mind, body and spirit.

On this earthly planet, you and I are spirits living in physical bodies. Every Bible teaching I know supports this concept. We ultimately will shed our body one day and live solely as spirit.

Recently I came upon an article on the internet by Dr. Michael J. Funicello, DC, from the Infinite Healing Arts Center of Gilbert, Arizona. The article is entitled, Local Chiropractor Confesses to the World. Dr. Funicello tells about some of the early beginnings of Chiropractic care back in 1895 with Daniel David Palmer when he was not known as a chiropractor. The term had not been invented. Dr. Funicello not only tells about D. D. Palmer’s success in helping people, but also about how he began chiropractic and how chiropractic began changing people’s lives by way of dramatically improving their health.

Now, with a little different emphasis, that’s effectively what I’ve been saying all along.

God made your body.

He gave it innate wisdom and He gave it the capability to heal.

Under most circumstances, it still can heal itself.

God is the giver of life and health and is the supreme healer.

Trust that He will provide a way out of the muck and mire that you and I call bad health and the chronic illnesses known as Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

That answer for you may come through experiencing the marvelous touch and work of someone like Dr. Funicello, who will be speaking on the Health Matters Show soon! Stay tuned for the schedule.

Or- your answer may come from some other type of healer like myself.

The point is that healing is God’s work. If you’re looking for answers, you’ll find healing in the touch and work of many different practitioners. He provides us wonderful doctors, chiropractors, therapists and other professionals to help us. He provides other answers, too. Your job is to seek out the right answers for your life.

One of my favorite sayings is that “God is large and in charge!”

I invite you to email me with your questions about Sacred Cellular Healing. Check out the SCH reference page. I will be starting the membership program classes soon to teach you its concepts, how to do it for yourself and, possibly, learn how to do it for other people, too.

This is an exciting time!

Cinda Crawford, your host of the Health Matters Show and creator of Sacred Cellular Healing