I will present a more detailed article on the science of SAD in the future. There are also many articles available in the scientific community, many of which are available on the World Wide Web. For those of you that don't know it, I have practiced as a Doctor of Chiropractic for 20 years. I still care for a few friends, neighbors and relatives, which I suppose means I still practice. Although I was able to help many patients with FMS, I never saw a patient with FMS have their problems resolved.
Testing is done to rule out other causes of the symptoms.
Diagnosis of FMS is based on a properly taken patient history, along with certain definitive physical findings. FMS is a syndrome. An entity defined by a group of related symptoms. This designation in no way diminishes the seriousness of the condition, it just denotes our failure of finding definitive diagnostic lab or X-Ray tests. The pain of fibromyalgia is generally widespread, involving both sides of the body as well as above and below the waist and the front and back.