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My lessons learned about idopathic non-diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Neuropathy | Last Active: Aug 3 9:35am | Replies (38)Comment receiving replies
I truly feel for you. I never heard of dry needling. Is the tightness in your muscles due to neuropathy? I went to PT thinking that I could strengthen my glute muscles to the point where they were before "the disease" wasted them. The ankle weights they gave me may have given me back pain or else it was caused by the wear and tear of overuse. I am trying my own PT now--exercises for the spine as well as heat and ice on my lower back. Using Advil as well and justifying it in that it is better than a cortisone injection. I see that you are holding a little pet and I hope that gives you some love and support. Pets seem to know how we feel.
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Those are my foster kittens! I started this volunteer work after my early retirement as pain and fatigue caused me to leave my job earlier than planned. Fostering brings me so much joy! I have a cute little black kitten climbing on me right now!
When I get frustrated by my seemingly random medical issues, I Google “why does SFN cause ….muscle tightness and pain”. I know the answer, but this will link me to a few articles to review. I’m a nurse, so I like reading medical articles! The pain and knots or trigger points are thought to be an exaggerated response to normal overuse. Like lifting weights. Overuse for a specific goal, but the damaged nerves send emergency signals to the muscles, and they tighten up in defense. So it’s a losing situation. I do things anyway ( used my little weedeater yesterday) knowing I’m going to pay the price. Sounds like you’ve figured that out with your home PT routine.