Comparison of Integral Siddha Medical Therapy and Energy Treatment Sessions Combined with Exercise Versus Exercise Without Treatment for Managing Fibromyalgia Syndrome in Women: A Clinical Study

Abstract

Researchers examined the results of a 6-week treatment that combined Siddha physical treatment (Varma & Tokamak) along with energy meetings as well as bodybuilding to treat pain symptoms and fatigue and sleep issues and health status as well as quality of life problems in women diagnosed by Fibromyalgia Syndrome; they analyzed these results versus exercise-only treatment intervention. This research used a randomized controlled trial approach to divide participants between Exercise + Siddha group that received manual therapy plus energy sessions (number = 20) and Exercise-only group (number = 20). Participants from both treatment groups received their assigned sessions five days per week for a period of six weeks. The researchers evaluated multiple outcome measures including pain through VAS and fatigue through VAS as well as health status through FIQ and patient quality of life through SF-36 before and after both intervention periods. The data was examined using the signed-rank test by Wilcoxon and the test for Mann-Whitney U. Significant outcome improvement were consistently identified between groups, although the Exercise Plus Siddha intervention resulted in higher overall patient enhancements. Members of this treatment group reported significant decreases in both pain scores and sleep-related disturbances while demonstrating superior health parameter improvements and translation to overall quality of life (p < 0.05). The Exercise-only group demonstrated improvements in pain control and fatigue reduction and sleep patterns (p < 0.05) but their FIQ scoring and SF-36 testing revealed less substantial health and quality of life gains. The data showed both treatment approaches effectively reduced pain and fatigue alongside sleep disturbances while improving FMS patient health status and life quality. ONS therapists found better clinical results When they coupled physical activity with Siddha manual treatment and energy sessions rather than exercise alone. Future research should conduct additional studies involving larger numbers of participants to validate these findings using solid scientific evidence.