Campion Chiropractic

In general, everyone experiences times of drowsiness or lack of energy and motivation. Fatigue can result from emotional or physical stress, lack of sleep, bad nutrition, infection, or other physical and psychological causes. Most individuals with fatigue don’t suffer from extreme or persistent symptoms. It generally goes away after getting adequate rest or recovering from an illness. For some, however, fatigue symptoms persist throughout their entire day regardless of the amount of sleep obtained. There is often an underlying chemical imbalance in one or many of the body’s chemical messenger systems.

Fatigue can also greatly affect normal cognitive function. In particular, symptoms manifest such as concentration and focus difficulties, and impaired memory. Other common symptoms are malaise, unrefreshing sleep, muscle pain, headaches, sore throat, and tender lymph nodes.

Many Americans suffer from fatigue at one point in their lives. If fatigue persists for six months or more it could be a sign of a more serious condition called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). CFS is characterized by long-term fatigue leading to more serious impairment in concentration, focus, memory, and may also exist with muscle pain and headaches.

Facts About Fatigue

• CFS patients often produce lower levels of cortisol compaired to healthy controls.*
• Nutritional deficiency  may be a contributing factor fatigue symptoms.*
• CFS occurs four times more frequently in women than in men.*
• Of the four million Americans who have CFS, less than 20% have been diagnosed due to the lack of sufficient diagnostic laboratory tests or biomarkers.*

_{* Data adapted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.}

Fatigue Brochure

For more information on Fatigue, please click the image to the left to download the Fatigue brochure in PDF format.  This brochure details the facts about Fatigue, its connection with the nervous system, and available treatments. 

If you are struggling with fatigue, please contact us today to discuss treatment options.