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@goldwingmine

I have been paralyzed from the knees down for 43 years. It's a rare form of paralysis where I still can walk badly with the help of two canes. For 35 years I had no feeling in both of my feet. It was difficult getting no feedback from either foot, but I got used to it. About five years ago I started to get back some feeling in my feet. I still could not move them, but I thought this could be the start of something good. I was very wrong, because the only feeling that returned was pain and it never progressed beyond that. I have spent the last several years seeing many specialists trying medications and supplements (too numerous to list). None of them helped at all. I was resigned to learning to have to live with it. I was at an exercise equipment store with a friend and saw something in the corner and asked what it was. It was a vibration plate where you could control the frequency (the speed of the vibration) and the amplitude (the amount of movement). I stood on the plate for 5 minutes. When I stepped off, I couldn't believe it. My lower legs felt warm, something I had not experienced in decades, but more than that there was no pain in my feet. I bought a vibration plate from Amazon......fast forward two years. Every day I do two 15 minute sessions on the plate. I sit in a recliner and rest my feet on the plate while pushing down on my knees with each hand. The warm feeling is temporary lasting only 30 minutes, but the pain in my feet is hardly ever there. Please take note this information is anecdotal and what works for me in my particular set of symptoms may not work for you. Also as I mentioned I saw many "ologists" until I felt that conventional medicine could not help. Amazon sells many vibration plates starting at about $100 Good luck...

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Wow. How encouraging. It’s not my kind of neuropathy but I know several with lower leg PN who might try this. I appreciate your ‘anecdotal’ caution. Best to you…take care.