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Neuropathy | Last Active: Mar 6 4:20pm | Replies (35)
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@ray666

Hi, Ed

That was my misreading of what should have been painfully obvious: round-the-clock cane use, by itself, is not going to help someone’s overall balance––like putting faith in Mary Poppins singing, “A spoonful of sugar’ll make all your PN symptoms go away!” 🙂

My misreading did at least get me to be less shy about toting a cane and to wield it proudly. That, in itself, I consider a positive.

And it did prompt me to ask my neuro doc’s NP, when I saw her yesterday, if maybe a not-too-$$$ session with a PN-experienced PT might give me some much-needed corrective gait coaching.

Ray

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brotherchuckles80 | @brotherchuckles80 | Mar 1 5:24pm

Hi Ray.
I want to encourage you about he PT and gait coaching. My PT has shown me the importance of walking properly, for example. She noticed that because of my drop foot, I was not walking heel toe but bending my knee and being flat footed. She urged me to concentrate on heel toe because if I continued flatfooted, I would have negatively affected my knee and hip. It all works together.
God bless you on your journey. Charles

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