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Hi @mikween, I had looked into laser therapy or a form of it a year or so ago when I started looking for solutions to my neuropathy (no pain, just numbness/tingling in both legs and feet). I had a friend that went to the one in the suburbs of Minneapolis and feels like it has helped her. I checked into it but didn't get the feeling it would work for me. It's an ongoing treatment program with each treatment running $125 to $175 (somewhere in that range if I am remembering correctly) and it takes between 8 and 12 treatments before you normally see any results according to the person I talked with at the company. None of it is covered by insurance. I determined quickly that it wasn't for me just because of the discussion with the people and the iffy wording from them. There is also a combined laser therapy with a nutrition program that made a little more sense to me but again it's a chiropractor and staff so I'm not too excited...call me a skeptic. I suppose if I had unlimited finances it might be an option just to try.
Here's a search link from Google Scholar for laser therapy for neuropathy: http://bit.ly/2sDX5Dt
I'm not saying it won't work but I would do a lot of research before deciding. Are you looking at a specific laser therapy provider for treatment?
Good luck whatever you decide! Can you keep us updated?
John
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Hi @mikween, It sounds like you met with the doctors that do the foot drop operation and they said it had been too long? I know you must be really disappointed and rightly so. Did they offer any kind of treatment that will help?
John
Hi from Switzerland, I have tried laser therapy with a specially made scanner laser giving infra red laser emission distribured evenly over feet and leggs - with discussed parameters of 3 to 4 joules per cm2 my burning pain level increased significantly on day 1 and 2, when reducing this dose to 1 J/cm2 the burning sensation appeared again on day 1 only - so that I stopped after a few weeks. With new scientific results being published I am encouraged to try again with a lower dosis and a lower output power level in order to obtain a reaction which is below increasing burning pain - and see if by reducing to 2 treastments only instead of every 2nd day I may obtain better results myself. I am on opioides but follow the protocoll for about one year, have tried everything under the sun such as acupuncture, laser, TENS, EMS, physio therapy, medical massage, osteopathy I am trying out diets, walk my dog regularly and make exerecises on my home trainer, vibration platform and many dry exercises in my room so that I stay mobile with my 78 years. I think moving and dieting can help a lot, I will now try stem cell therapy which is difficult to find in Europe in where as Texas allows clinics to offer stem cell injections (of your own stem cells out of your own fat after liposuction and centrifugal extraction of the required cells.. Sounds very promising, anyone having experience in stem cell therapy, please let me know. I am looking for a European solution as travelling over seas in my age and stage of physical health is not what I want to go throgh. I heard of offers in eastern european countries like Czechia, Hungary, but also Germany and Belgium are preparing for this promissing therapy, we will see. Hope this was of any help to you.
What place did you look into getting treatment, needing more info on pricing
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Does anyone think that neurologist should know that there is an operation for foot drop? If mine would have told me years ago I could have gotten it fixed, but it it has been to long. I think that they should know about it?