Natural therapy for whole-body pain

Radon therapies help against fibromyalgia

05/15/2014

Over one million people in Germany suffer from an enigmatic disease: fibromyalgia. The term hides a muscle pain that can occur in various parts of the body. This fiber-muscle pain primarily affects women. But it often takes years for these to have a name for the disease, in which more than 100 concomitant symptoms are known. Many doctors find it difficult to diagnose, some push it aside as a mental illness, others even deny that it even exists. It would be easier for many patients to have a name for their suffering, even if there are no cure options today. But there are alternatives such as cures with Radonbehandlungsserien ready, which significantly reduce the pain, at least for a few months.

„Many sufferers in addition to severe muscle pain suffer from constant malaise, inflamed mucous membranes, irritable stomach, sleep disorders or depression“, reports Univ.-Doz. Dr. Bertram Hölzl, radon expert and medical director of the Gasteiner Heilstollen. In their search for treatment options, many sufferers encounter radon therapies in former mining tunnels. Of course, many hundred meters deep in the interior of the mountain radon emerges from the rock. In order to use it therapeutically, those affected drive by train to the therapy stations. Patients take the inert gas through the skin and lungs in small amounts during a one-hour therapy session while lying down. In the body, it stimulates cell repair and has an immune-stabilizing and anti-inflammatory effect. Above all, it inhibits the transmission of painkillers, resulting in reduced pain. „Experience shows that radon therapy has a positive effect on the need for medication and the sense of exhaustion“, supplements Dr. Hölzl. This positive effect usually lasts for many months. „93 percent of fibromyalgia patients rated the results of radon therapy as good.“ Sometimes deep in the ground additional additional effective conditions are added. For example, tropical temperatures and high humidity. „The so-called Radonwärmetherapie is just described by patients with fibromyalgia symptoms as pronounced muscle relaxing and pain-relieving.“

In addition, people with fibromyalgia should take measures such as physical therapy, sports therapy, holistic movement therapy, exercises for gentle muscle building and relaxation procedures. But even this is easier without pain from the hand. Cures with Radonbehandlungsserien are recognized by health insurance companies, the extent of the cost must be approved by the health insurance. Otherwise, for example, an application in Gasteiner Heilstollen costs about 60 euros. (Pm)