Blueprint to Neuropathy?
Has anyone tried Blueprint to Nueropathy? Apparently it is a treatment approach that is being used by many chiropractors. It's long in duration and not cheap. I am not looking for a silver bullet, just some improvement in my feet. Thanks.
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This is a little off topic but I am pretty desperate for answers. I have had increasing pain due to neuropathy as noted on this site. However, in the past few weeks the pain has extended into my right arm(mostlt tingling). I have been experiencing involuntary twiches in thet arm as well. My appetite is off. Can eat but no hunger pangs. Thinking about \food often puts me on the edge of nausea. Pain in the lower half of my body two days ago was so bad, I thought I was going to pass out. I actually considered going to the ER. Decided against that due to very bad experience nine month ago. I had a scheduled visit with one of my pain management docs yeasterday. I told him about all the new symptoms and how I was experiencing so much pain that it was hard to think. His response was not totally unexpected. "Contact your PCP". I told him that my PCP was a CRNP with whom I had discussed this a few days prior. She did not seem to have a good grasp of my situation. So, I practically begged the pain doc to address my pain before I passed out or had to go to the ER. He just shrugged and gave me another appointment. I feel as if I am in a Catch-22 situation.
Sorry to hear your pain doctor isn't listening to you. There have been members who have mentioned similar symptoms in arm and hands due to ulnar nerve entrapment. Here's a link to the member posts if you want to scan through them while you wait for other response - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/comments/?search=ulnar%20nerve%20entrapment.
Thans@johnbishop. I would be surprised if it were this issue. My PCP is going to try and arrange an appointment with a local neurologist. I just hope that it won’t be a month or more.
Has anyone enrolled in “Blueprint to Neuropathy” from chiropractor certified in neurology (advanced training) for peripheral neuropathy? Treatment plan includes electromagnetic infrared therapy, electrostimulation, and advanced nutrition therapy. I had hemidisectomy for herniated disc (July 2021) at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Fourteen days postop developed burning, tingling of left foot. Neurologist (nonMayo) confirmed peripheral neuropathy. Now have peripheral neuropathy, bilaterally.
@jrh04
I’m not sure a chiropractor can really do much related to neuropathy and the program is expensive and may not improve anything.
Did your neurologist do a skin punch biopsy of your thigh/ankle to test for small fiber neuropathy and do a neuropathy blood panel? Were you told the cause of your neuropathy? Did they do a EMG/nerve conduction study (ncs) of your upper/lower body?
You may benefit from getting updated MRIs of your cervical and lumbar spine to see if you have any new compressions of your spinal cord/nerve roots. Issues in your spine won’t necessarily show up in the EMG/ncs.
I’m enrolled in a chiropractic neuropathy treatment plan that uses red light and TENS therapy. I also was given four containers of MediNox Pro to take I order to promote nitric oxide level to increase blood flow. I just finished my eleventh of twelve treatments at 2X per week. I purchased my own Oxiline TENS unit to use the other five days of the week and have a Lovtravel red light “belt” to put my feet in for twenty minutes a day. Amazon for red light. Oxilinefor TENS.
I started taking Alpha Lipoic a few weeks ago in addition to other vitamins etc. St. John’s wort may help.
All in all I think the clinic is helping. The tingling has been significantly reduced but comes and goes. Wearing lace up shoes is not helpful.
The bad news is the clinic cost $2400. I had to do something and this was a specialized treatment near me and I know of no others. SelectHealth of the Carolinas. Google has some info on it.
Diet is important. Cut out as much sugar as you can and walk a couple of miles 3X per week. I don’t always do that. Cutting my grass is 1. 7 miles. Go barefoot indoors.
There’s another product called OPC3 on Shop.com. I’ve been taking it for 25 years. It’s the best single supplement of all for blood in tiny vessels. Think macular degeneration.
My best. Keep on researching. Bye for now.
Will
I had a lot of tests done via a neurologist--electical conduction and blood panes which determined my neuropathy to be small fiber and ruled out some of the diseases which can cause it. Neither she or my doc have come up with treatment. Just found a local neuropathy treatment clinic--don't know if she has the 'blueprint' certification but I'm going to check into it as she may have some alternative ideas. I see she has red light therapy available--which I think would be pricey as suggested but could have some ideas and recommendations for me to purchase something if it would be a possibility for working for me. She may also have some other ideas. From her website it's not just chiropractic. If I try this out I'll share back my findings.
Thank you so much, Will. You have given me great information. My chiropractor neurologist quoted $5000 and includes purchase of the devices for electromagnetic infrared therapy and electro stimulation as well as 90-day supply of the nutrition powder for nitric oxide. The chiropractor said he would honor the price quote for 24 to 48 hours. I was not happy with that sales tactic. Again thank you for your information. Very, very helpful.
What exactly is red light therapy supposed to do with neuropathy?
Thank you for your response. Please provide findings if you proceed.