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Has anyone found a treatment that helps with peripheral neuropathy?
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@gnocchi As I noted, shockwave is offered by a lot of podiatrists and chiropractors. It does not have to be done by a doctor, and I think very few doctors do this. It’s too simple for them!
Do a Google search for “shockwave therapy” in your area and you should come up with a lot of results.
From there, I suggest calling and asking about
1) Is it Focused or Radial? You need Focused.
2) what are the prices for each treatment and do they charge for a consultation? They should not charge just for the consultation.
3) How many treatments do they recommend - should be 6-8 for neuropathy
4) Do they require you to sign up for a series? They shouldn’t.
Good luck!
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For now I am doing acupuncture - had 4 treatments but was told I need 10 total so going there for now and when I get too much burning I take a small dose of xanax and that's ok but I don't tell my acupuncturist that as she said that what acupuncture is for - so what I take is my business and occasional one is fine - I only took a 1/4 of one so that's not too much because I was told from a neurology nurse that anxiety makes your neuropathy worse. Since I am 82 I just got panicky when I was burning all over and got scared and my daughter told me to take a little bit of the xanax and it knocked the burn out as it relaxed me - gabapentin my primary dr can prescribe but like my son said why would you change your meds when one is working - gabapentin has terrible side effects even though he was only going to prescribe 100 mg. Anyway, thanks for responding to me.