Peripheral neuropathy rarely begins dramatically. It usually starts quietly. A little tingling in the toes. Burning at night. A subtle sense that balance feels different. Over more than 20 years focused exclusively on peripheral neuropathy, and after working with thousands of patients and delivering tens of thousands of treatments, clear […]

Burning. Numbness. Tingling. Tightness. Instability. When symptoms appear in the feet or legs, many patients are quickly told they have “peripheral neuropathy.” Sometimes that diagnosis is accurate. Sometimes it is incomplete. And sometimes – it is both. After more than 20 years focused exclusively on neuropathy evaluation and treatment, one […]

When people think about neuropathy, they usually think about pain. Burning. Tingling. Numbness. But one of the most important – and most dangerous – effects of neuropathy is loss of balance. Falls are not random in neuropathy. They are predictable. And they are preventable when recognized early. Why Balance Depends […]

Kidney disease is a major issue in healthcare and can also cause peripheral nerve damage. We get a fair number of patients with peripheral neuropathy that also happen to have kidney disease. Reports vary, but upwards of 60-100% of uremic (patients with kidney disease) patients have peripheral nerve damage from […]

Why is it so hard to get help with peripheral neuropathy? In 2007 we began working with peripheral neuropathy patients. One thing that has not changed is how we hear over and over how difficult it is to get help. The struggle to improve their quality of life, to avoid […]

    (Quotations in this post are from the excellent article at the bottom of this page) Here is what to read if none of your peripheral neuropathy symptoms fit in the normal box of numbness, tingling, burning, cold, strength, and balance. What if you have redness? Swelling? Blotchy skin? […]

Peripheral neuropathy, regardless of cause, is a nerve issue. Some damage process, whether that is from diabetes, chemotherapy, autoimmune issues, heavy metal poisoning or some physical damage, hurts the nerves. Since the nerves are responsible for so many things when they are not working, they can cause a variety of […]

Most clinicians who work with peripheral neuropathy begin to adopt the mindset that if anything (legal!) helps a patient feel better they should do it. If it can provide some peripheral neuropathy relief and still be safe it may be worth a try. In our practice working with hundreds (maybe […]

  Neuropathy messes with your strength and balance I could have also titled this, “I exercise, but I seem to be getting weaker” or, “I did physical therapy, but didn’t get as good of results as I would have hoped.” In this post we spoke a bit on how neuropathy […]

Negative EMG/NCV so I don’t have neuropathy? Not so fast!! (You can skip to the chase here – you CAN have peripheral neuropathy with a normal EMG/NCV) A very common method of testing for peripheral nerve damage are electromyelegrams (EMG) and nerve conduction velocity (NCV) tests, they are called electrodiagnostic […]

Am I insane? I have pain and I feel like I’m going numb. No, you are not insane because you have pain and numbness. Peripheral neuropathy, when it is damage to the ends of the nerves, can pick and choose which nerve endings to damage. Your symptoms depend on which […]