If you are one of the 20 million people in the US whose lives are deeply affected by neuropathy, the chances are that you have a constant thought: finding a treatment that alleviates the pain and frees you from medications. But is TENS the best treatment option for neuropathy? If you’ve decided to try neurofunctional...
Peripheral neuropathy, while typically a condition that results from type 2 diabetes and the insulin resistance cycle found in patients with diabetes, is one of the most difficult conditions to treat. Unfortunately, while we are familiar with the condition, that does not mean many people have been able to find an effective or lasting treatment....
Burning, tingling, numbing, and stabbing pain in the fingers and toes; a loss of balance and hand coordination—these are all signs of peripheral neuropathy, a condition that millions of Americans suffer through every day. Those patients who experience these symptoms have difficulty understanding what these sensations mean and how they are related to their underlying...
For patients suffering from peripheral neuropathy, some of the most difficult daily tasks used to be simple and without thought. Because of the numbing, stabbing, tingling, and burning pains that persist in the fingers, hands, toes, and feet, many patients lose the ability to maintain what they would call a normal lifestyle. In other words,...
Affecting nearly 2.5% of the world population, nerve pain is certainly widespread; however, because of its “invisible” nature, it is often not well understood, diagnosed, or treated. But just because the pain, distress, and abnormal sensations are not immediately noticeable to others, it does not mean that nerve pain isn’t serious or life-changing. It is...
Osteoarthritis (OA) and peripheral neuropathy are two distinct diseases that affect different areas of the body. Although they are both degenerative conditions, the former leads to the breakdown of the soft tissue in the joints, while the latter refers to damage to the nerves in the peripheral nervous system. However, all systems and processes in...
For nearly 2.5% of the world’s population, receiving a diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy means facing the prospect of relying on medications or resorting to surgery to manage their nerve pain. Given the degenerative nature of this disease, it has never been more important for patients to look beyond traditional treatments and find a solution that...
Peripheral Neuropathy can sometimes be attributed to nerve damage caused by injury, but it is more commonly associated with long-term metabolic dysfunction from type 2 diabetes. Because of peripheral neuropathy’s prevalence in diabetic patients, the condition known as Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (DPN), it is perhaps more appropriate in order to distinguish between injury-related peripheral neuropathy...
Peripheral Neuropathy, put simply, is either pain or the loss of feeling in the extremities due to a number of chronic conditions or medications. The main cause of this condition is type 2 diabetes, and as Americans become more and more sedentary in their work conditions and indulge fewer nutritional diets, diagnosis for type 2...
One of the most difficult aspects of peripheral neuropathy is understanding and explaining the condition to a patient who is experiencing its debilitating effects for the first time. As patients learn of the condition and as they experience its numbing, tingling, and burning effects in their feet and hands, they are more likely to seek...
