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Living with PN, do you find yourself retreating from life?
Neuropathy | Last Active: Mar 5 10:44am | Replies (144)Comment receiving replies
@ray666 Hi Ray something to think about. I do it all the time The biggest thing working for balance is the foot. I started b standing by the sink and lifting my heels up and stand on my toes. after I became used to it I started walking on my toes heels in the air. your toes are the key as far as the foot goes and as I walk I take a 32 " step coming down onthe heel and rolling off the toes. that give your step balance as you push off. works quite well also.even my neuorophy is starting to feel better from it. Hope you have happy valentines day I did. quiet river
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Hello, @quietriver. More and more I'm hearing about the importance of strong toes, the big toes needing be the most muscular and flexible of all, if one is to have a shot at decent balance. My toes are a far cry from fitting that description. ::sigh:: There's a device out there called a Toe Pro (it was mentioned on a recent Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy webinar), intended help a lazy big toe recover some strength and flexibility. A Toe Pro retails for$69. (I read elsewhere that it might be possible to replicate the action of a Toe Pro using a rolled towel and some good strong tape. I tried. I ended up with something a terrycloth lump haphazardly bound in duct tape. In other words: a failure.) On Tuesday, when I see my PT next, I'm going to ask him if he thinks a Toe Pro would be getting. ––Ray (@ray666)