Fibromyalgia and Fibrosis often accompany each other but Vitamin E will only help one of them

Fibromyalgia is a condition in which nerve cells lack the energy to "turn off" pain. Fibrosis is a condition in which toxins or free radicals have caused proteins in muscles to become linked. For reasons doctors don't yet understand, many people who have fibromyalgia also have fibrosis. Fortunately, the painful problem of fibrosis is easier to treat.

Fibrosis occurs when proteins in muscle fibers become linked and lock together. Fibrosis is often culprit in shoulder pain.

In some parts of the world, notably in Taiwan, up to 10 percent of the population suffers a particular kind of shoulder pain called deltoid fibrosis. As the name suggests, deltoid fibrosis is a condition of tissue destruction in the deltoid muscle, the triangle of muscle that acts as a hinge to let the shoulders move forwards and backwards.

Doctors usually treat deltoid fibrosis with surgery, but there is another approach. As little as 100 IU of vitamin E every day and surgery may not be necessary.