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City Hospital, Birmingham UK (an NHS hospital) published a new paper on NovoTHOR for fibromyalgia.

Sixteen fibromyalgia patients who had been suffering from pain and related sleep and psychological issues for an average of 15.6 ± 7.7 years received 18 NovoTHOR treatments over a 6-week period.

Participants reported significant benefits such as reduced pain, less fatigue, better sleep quality, and improved mobility and energy levels. They also felt happier and more able to engage in daily activities, noting an overall uplift in their quality of life.

The study details several specific improvements in day-to-day functioning such as:

1. Engagement in Sports and Physical Activities: Some participants reported being able to engage in sports and physical activities again. For example, one participant was able to participate in sporting activities with his wife, such as holding focus mitts for her, which he hadn’t been able to do before.
2. Increased Social Activities: Participants noted an increased ability to go out to social events. For example, one mentioned going out to the theatre and being able to engage in evening activities without the usual repercussions of fatigue the following day.
3. Hobbies and Interests: There was a resumption of hobbies and interests, such as arts and crafts, gardening, and reading, which participants had previously set aside due to their symptoms.
4. Traveling: Improved symptoms allowed some participants to travel longer distances to visit relatives, something they hadn’t been able to do for years due to their condition.
5. Day-to-Day Tasks: Participants also reported improvements in their ability to perform day-to-day tasks, such as household chores and walking the dog, activities that had been challenging due to pain and fatigue.

Trip to Dignitas was cancelled. Mood showed improvement as early as the first full treatment, most significantly to the point where one patient “no longer wants to take their own life“, another had been saving to go to Dignitas “it gave me hope whereas before I didn’t wanna live. . .I do feel a bit brighter, I do“.

Participants describe feeling much happier in themselves and feeling a lot more positive in their attitude, upbeat, brighter, happier, lighter, more bubbly than normal

chipper
such a boost
my mood’s lifted, and I feel good
I no longer cry at the drop of a hat
I can take things on
my mood’s improved massively

Another acknowledges that their mood is better correlated with getting tasks done.

Being able to dress how I used to because the pain is better

A participant with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) describes feeling lighter with fewer flashbacks that usually cause her to break down in tears.

A participant was struggling with anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure)—”if somebody gave me a newspaper/book to read I just wouldn’t bother with it“. This disinterest has improved exponentially—”I’d certainly say the past month I’ve started using stuff like the rubik’s cube, I mean that’s something I’ve not played on since I was a kid, so I’ve been
doing something to test the mind”.

“I just feel as though I’m not walking through mud anymore. I feel like I can hold my head up and you know, walk on, walk straight. . .I don’t feel like I’ve got a cloud above my head” (Participant A)

“I mean, literally every time I come home I’ve got a smile on my face”

“my depression was bad, really bad, I was suicidal—but now I don’t even feel like that now. . .it’s improving to a state where I don’t even think about taking extra tablets or doing anything stupid. . .it’s definitely helped with my depression. Before I started I was suicidal, very suicidal. And it’s improved to the stage where I don’t want to commit suicide anymore”

Read the paper here: Whole-Body Photobiomodulation Therapy Propels the Fibromyalgia Patient into the Recomposition Phase: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis