Program Details
Fibromyalgia & Chronic Widespread Pain
Even with numerous painful sites, a clear therapeutic focus can be found.
- Multi-site pain
- Allodynia to light touch
- Morning stiffness
- Poor sleep & fatigue
- Rapid rebound tension post-treatment
SUMMARY
Care Guide Summary
If your neck, shoulders, back, lower back, and limbs ache alternately, and even light stimuli feel intense, chasing individual painful spots one by one is rarely sufficient.
SOIAN Korean Medicine Clinic evaluates tender point distribution, neural hypersensitivity, somatic tension, constitution, sleep, and recovery capacity, verifying immediate post-treatment responses to guide active care.
DETAIL GUIDE
We treat multi-site pain and nervous system hypersensitivity in this way
For patients with widespread pain, we do not chase symptoms one body part at a time
Fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain involve recurrent aches across the neck, shoulders, back, lower back, arms, and legs, where normal pressure feels intensely painful (allodynia/hyperalgesia). Unrefreshing sleep, morning heaviness, brain fog, and delayed recovery after exertion frequently co-occur.
Shifting pain locations does not mean there is no physical cause. When recurrent pain, sleep deprivation, and chronic muscular tension overlap, the central nervous system becomes hyper-vigilant, amplifying even minor sensory inputs into pain.
SOIAN Korean Medicine Clinic does not stop at treating today's single most painful spot. We trace where pain originates, how it spreads, how rapidly the body restiffens, and how fatigue, sleep, digestion, and stress modulate symptoms to identify the core pattern driving widespread pain.
We directly evaluate tender point spread, central sensitization, constitution, and recovery capacity
In clinic, we assess tenderness and hypertonicity not only in the neck and shoulders, but across the ribcage, abdomen, back, pelvis, and extremities. We observe sensitivity to light touch, pain radiation during joint movement, and compensatory straining when standing and walking.
Even with identical widespread pain, treatment directions diverge for patients with upper-body heat and tension, cold deficiency and depleted stamina, severe insomnia and palpitations, or fragile digestion and post-activity exhaustion.
We directly compare tender point intensity, thoracic/abdominal tension, and spinal mobility before and after treatment. Identifying which stimulus and care axis the body responds to in the initial session provides a precise roadmap for subsequent treatment.
We select acupuncture, pharmacopuncture, herbal medicine, and TMJ balance therapy based on physical response
Constitution acupuncture modulates generalized tenderness, tension, thermal dysregulation, and fatigue, verifying immediate post-session lightness and ease of movement. When tenderness concentrates at focal sites or deep torso/abdominal tension is marked, pharmacopuncture is co-administered.
Herbal medicine is not used merely as a generic energy booster. It is tailored to constitution and clinical presentation to down-regulate neuro-muscular hyperarousal while supporting sleep, digestion, and post-exertional recovery.
When pain recurs in two or more regions—temporarily easing after acupuncture before the entire body rapidly restiffens—this serves as a key criterion for TMJ balance therapy. For patients whose cervical/torso/limb tenderness, mobility, and respiration distinctly improve upon TMJ alignment, this therapy calms hyperactive neural tension patterns.
When compensatory spinal, pelvic, or thoracic restrictions are rigid, FSC Chuna therapy is integrated as needed. Treatment dosage is tailored to individual sensitivity and initial response, avoiding overwhelming multi-modality stimulation all at once.
We treat to ensure activity and sleep genuinely recover as pain subsides
If fibromyalgia patients eliminate all physical activity due to pain, muscle mass and stamina further decline; conversely, abruptly escalating exercise while ignoring bodily signals can trigger severe pain and fatigue flares.
We first reduce pain and generalized tension with acupuncture, pharmacopuncture, herbal medicine, and axis therapy, then introduce manageable walking and light strength activities. Exercise pacing is adjusted according to next-day soreness, fatigue, and recovery duration rather than rigid protocols.
Sleep quality is a distinct therapeutic priority. Even if pain lessens, difficulty falling asleep, frequent nighttime awakenings, or unrefreshing sleep prompt adjustments in herbal formulations and neuromodulatory treatments. Aligning pain relief, activity pacing, and restorative sleep sustains long-term recovery.
Progress is measured by pain-free intervals and the rate of restiffening
We do not assess fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain through a single momentary pain score.
- Whether tender point spread and sensitivity to touch diminish
- Whether morning stiffness and bodily heaviness improve
- Whether pain-free durations and comfortable movement windows expand
- Whether post-sleep restoration and post-activity recovery improve
- Whether the capacity to sustain household tasks, work, and outings increases
- Whether the restiffening rate slows down and pain-free intervals lengthen post-treatment
SOIAN Korean Medicine Clinic does not stop at transient symptom masking. By treating central sensitization and systemic tension while replenishing constitutional vitality, we help patients with widespread pain overcome fear of movement and expand comfortable living.
CONSULTATION
Check your current condition together with us
If multi-site pain recurs and your body rapidly restiffens post-treatment, evaluate tenderness, fatigue, and sleep alongside neural tension, TMJ, and spinal alignment.