Water irrigation in the ear canal for fibromyalgia pain relief

This trial is testing vestibulocortical stimulation (VCS)—a simple bedside procedure where warm or cold water is gently flushed into your ear canal using a syringe. Fibromyalgia causes widespread pain that is difficult to treat with current medications, and this treatment may offer a safe, cost-effective way to provide rapid pain relief and improve your quality of life.

Fibromyalgia affects millions of people and current treatments don't work well enough for many patients, are often hard to tolerate, or are very expensive. Early research suggests this simple water-based treatment could help ease pain quickly and safely, so researchers want to test it carefully in a larger group.