Catalina Medical Center: Blog

At Catalina Medical Center, your Redondo Beach, CA, staff provide chiropractic care for a variety of conditions. If you are suffering from fibromyalgia, look no further! Drs. Donald Weinstein, Richard Cohen, and Rob Josefsson are the best of the best! Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic pain disorder. It causes constant and widespread pain throughout the musculoskeletal system. This includes the muscles, tendons, joints, and soft tissues. We provide chiropractic adjustments and manipulations to greatly increase patients' quality of life. Contact our office to learn more!   FMS is both hard to diagnose and treat. There is no known medical cause for it. Medical experts theorize that it stems from genetics, infections, and/or physical/emotional stress. Traditional western medicine focuses on treating your symptoms. Pain medications are often the go-to. This isn’t the case with chiropractic care. Your Redondo Beach care team treat the root of your pain. Only through chiropractic t...

At the Catalina Medical Center in Redondo Beach, we offer comprehensive, safe treatments for complicated ailments such as fibromyalgia. This disorder affects the entire body through the musculoskeletal and nervous systems. It is crucial for patients who have it to understand how many ailments it is related to. Fibromyalgia has its roots in how the brain processes signals relating to physical sensations. It causes dull aches on both sides of the body, as well as above and below the waist. People with it often also suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety, depression, and memory problems. They are also more sensitive to fatigue, headaches, and disorders of the temporomandibular joint, which connects the jaw to the skull. People sometimes develop fibromyalgia after infections or trauma. It is most common in middle-aged women. It cannot be tested for directly, so other diseases have to be ruled out before a diagnosis can be made. Treating it requires the patient to reduce their exposu...