If you have peripheral neuropathy, you’ve probably searched for solutions. TENS units. Vitamin B12. Alpha-lipoic acid. Magnesium. Topical creams. Patients are often willing to try almost anything to reduce burning, numbness, tightness, or instability. The important question is not whether these options exist. It is whether they meaningfully change nerve function — or simply modify […]

If you’ve searched online for neuropathy treatment, you’ve probably seen headlines like: “Your Feet Could Be Amputated!” “Neuropathy Leads to Limb Loss!” “Act Now Before It’s Too Late!” It can be alarming. And understandably so. Neuropathy is serious. But it’s important to separate medical reality from marketing psychology. First: Neuropathy Is Not Trivial Peripheral neuropathy […]

One of the most frustrating things patients hear is this: “Your EMG is normal.” Yet the burning, tingling, numbness, tightness, or temperature sensitivity continues. This creates confusion. If the test is normal, how can symptoms still be present? The answer lies in understanding what an EMG measures — and what it does not. What an […]

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 patterns emerge. To better understand […]

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 pattern has become clear: Mixed […]

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 on Nerves Balance requires three […]

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 their kidney disease! That is […]

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 a decline in what they […]

    (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?  Hair loss?  Peripheral neuropathy can […]

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 symptoms. But that does not […]

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 thousands by now?) we have […]