PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY WARNING!
The most common method recommended to treat your neuropathy is prescription drugs such as Gabapentin, Lyrica, Cymbalta, and Neurontin. These may temporarily reduce your symptoms but are primarily antidepressant or anti-seizure drugs which may cause a variety uncomfortable side effects.
Peripheral neuropathy is a result of damage to the nerves often causing weakness, pain, numbness, tingling, and debilitating balance problems. This damage is commonly caused by a lack of blood flow to the nerves in the hands and feet.
When blood vessels that surround nerves become diseased, they shrivel up, which prevents the nerves from getting the nutrients they need to survive. When these nerves begin to “die” they cause you to have balance problems, pain, numbness, tingling, burning, and many additional symptoms.
Up until now, your only option was to just live with it or take a pill. There is now a facility right here in Whitefish that offers hope without serious side effects.
In order to effectively treat your neuropathy three factors must be determined.
What is the underlying cause?
How much nerve damage has been sustained?
How much treatment will your condition require?
The Treatment Provided at Whitefish Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine has Three Main Goals:
Increase blood flow
Stimulate small fiber nerves
Decrease brain-based pain
The treatment to increase blood flow utilizes electro analgesic stimulation, combined with ATP Resonance Acupuncture, which expedites recovery and healing.
ATP Resonance Acupuncture is like watering a plant. This therapy will stimulate the blood vessels to grow back around the peripheral nerves and provide them with the proper nutrients to heal.
The amount of treatment needed to allow the nerves to fully recover varies from person to person and can only be determined after a detailed neurological and vascular evaluation. As long as you have not sustained at least 85% nerve damage there is hope!
During your consultation you will receive a neuropathy severity examination to determine the extent of the nerve damage. It consists of detailed sensory, and vascular testing, plus analysis of neurological findings.