What is Neuropathy?
Peripheral Neuropathy is a medical term that describes a condition that affects the peripheral nervous system. These nerves sustain damage and gradually lose their ability to relay information from the body to the brain. Patients can lose control of sensation, and even strength or balance.
This condition affects 2.4% of the population. As it progresses, patients typically report pain, numbness, an electrical shock like pain and muscle weakness. Peripheral Neuropathy has many causes, and can be caused by many factors such as people with diabetes, alcoholism, injuries, and certain medications.
Treatment outcomes vary greatly based on the underlying cause behind the condition, the type of nerve damage, and the rate of progression.
Symptoms of Peripheral Neuropathy
- Numbness/Tingling
- Burning Sensations
- Shock like sensations or pain
- Feet or hands feeling “dead” or “numb”
- Poor balance
- A feeling of something underneath your feet, similar to “bunched up socks”
- Can progress to weakness or balance issues over time
Causes of Neuropathy
Neuropathy has many underlying causes. Over 200 known causes have been identified in the medical literature. Below are a few of the most common causes:
- Diabetes
- Chemotherapy
- Spinal conditions
- Viral Induced Neuropathy
- Autoimmune conditions
- Traumatic Injuries
- Alcohol
- Smoking
- Hereditary Conditions
Progression of Neuropathy
Four main Types of Neuropathy
- Peripheral Neuropathy : Peripheral Neuropathy is the most common form of Neuropathy, and is found in the peripheral nervous system. Patients with peripheral neuropathy commonly feel symptoms in the hands or feet.
- Focal Neuropathy: Focal neuropathy is a form of neuropathy that affects a single nerve. Also known as localized neuropathy, it involves compression or irritation to a nerve or small group of nerves. Symptoms with this can range from mild to severe, depending on the cause.
- Autonomic Neuropathy: This form of Neuropathy affects the Autonomic Nervous system, which runs and regulates functions such as digestion, heart rate, blood pressure, and sweating.
- Cranial Neuropathy: Cranial nerves communicate directly with the brain. Their main job is to control facial expressions and help you experience sensations. If you have damage to cranial nerves, your ability to smell, hear, and taste can be affected.
Where conventional treatments fall short
Standard treatment options for Neuropathy tend to be aimed at simply reducing the SYMPTOMS related to Neuropathy. This can be helpful, but falls short in regard to working to reverse the underlying cause and nerve damage.
- Standard treatment has included:
- Medications such as gabapentin, Lyrica, or Cymbalta
- Topical Creams to reduce associated pain or discomfort
- Surgery (although not common unless related to spine)
- Compression socks
- Acupuncture
- Physical therapy
- At home care
While these treatment options may help to manage symptoms, it fails to address the root cause of the condition.
A new Approach
Due to advances in medical technology, options are now available that can greatly improve your Neuropathy symptoms, and nerve function. It is well established in the medical literature that nerves have the ability to heal. It is also key to understand that nerves, like other tissue in the body, require a very specific environment, stimulation, and compounds to function normally.
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THERE ARE 4 VITAL COMPONENTS TO OUR NEUROPATHY PROTOCOL
Non-Medication Treatment for Neuropathy and Chronic Nerve Discomfort is Available
Peripheral neuropathy is a condition where nerves are damaged causing weakness, burning pain, numbness, tingling, and debilitating balance problems. The damage to the nerves can be caused by many different problems in the body. Poor blood flow to the nerves, toxic levels of sugar in the blood (diabetes), chronic infections, pesticide exposure and genetic variants are a few of the causes of this debilitating condition. The cause is different for every patient and it must be discovered to help the nerves heal!
What is Peripheral Neuropathy?
Generally, symptoms of peripheral neuropathy in an affected area include:
- Numbness/Tingling
- Burning Pain
- Unusual and/or loss of sensations
- Muscle weakness
- Deep Stabbing Pain
- Balance Problems
Another common cause of nerve damage is auto-immunity.
Auto-immune diseases are diseases where the immune system mistakenly starts to attack the body. That’s right! Many times the immune system is actually killing the nerves of peripheral neuropathy sufferers. This is why thorough testing is vitally important to helping peripheral neuropathy.
Can peripheral nerves heal?
Yes! It is well established in the scientific literature that peripheral nerves can and do heal. The key issue is that not only do we need to get the nerves healing but we have to stop whatever is causing the nerve damage in the first place. When the underlying cause of the neuropathy is discovered and proper support for the nerves are provided it optimizes the ability for the nerves to heal!
In order to effectively heal nerve damage, three factors must be determined:
- What is the underlying cause of the nerve damage?
- How severe is the nerve damage?
- What types of nerve fibers are damaged?
You have sensory nerves (both small fiber nerves and large diameter nerves) and motor nerves (that control movement of your muscles) NOTE: If there is muscle weakness from neuropathy for greater than two years the damage to the muscles will probably be permanent!
How much treatment will the nerves require to heal?
This will be dependent on the degree of nerve damage and what types of fibers are damaged.
The treatment we provide has four main goals…
- Optimize the environment within the body for nerve healing.
- Increase blood flow to the nerves.
- Stimulate the nerves that are damaged (small fiber, large diameter, or motor nerves) to reduce pain and improve balance.
- Decrease brain-based pain.
Our exclusive treatment system increases blood flow to the nerves in the feet and/or hands, which helps to rejuvenate nerves naturally and has returned many of our patient’s feet and/or hands to normal (see testimonials below). No surgery. No addictive medications.
Our proprietary and comprehensive treatment program utilizes up to 8 different state-of-the-art technologies and is unlike any treatment program you may have already experienced.
We Provide a New Safe and Effective Choice for Neuropathy Sufferers.
Our clinic offers a NEW, Non-Invasive, and Non-Surgical therapy protocol that combines the best of cutting edge medical treatments to help resolve your neuropathy suffering. We want to ensure you have the confidence that you need, so we’ve designed an extensive diagnostic evaluation process to help us find out if you’re a candidate for our program.
This extensive evaluation will give you ALL the information you need to know before starting treatment so you can be assured of the likelihood of success of your customized neuropathy pain program.
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