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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.
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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.
Hello @jrh04, I combined your discussion with an existing discussion of the same title:
"Blueprint to Neuropathy?"
- https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/blueprint-to-nueropathy
@hossie started this discussion and @johnbishop provided some insight on the lack of credible research that is readily available for this treatment plan. @kingmapete tried the plan and may share their experience as well.
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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.