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Has anyone done physical therapy and noticed any improvement in their peripheral neuropathy/ I want to do a trial of a spinal cord stimulator, and the pain doc's office told me that I must try PT before I can be approved for a SCS. Exercising at home usually leaves me in greater pain.
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Good morning, heisenberg34
Others around Connect will have grown tired by now of hearing about my indecison between getting knee prosthetic or continuing with arthritic knee pain. The chief reason why I can't decide is because it's largely my weekly PT with an excellent therapist that brings on the pain. Other days I'm fine.
Mine is large-fiber PN, so I have no pain because of my PN, just poor balance. But in six years' time my balance has not worsened, at least not dramatically.
The has left me wondering: Would an artificial knee allow me to work even harder at the PT, and thereby being even kore helpful with improving my balance? Or is it strictly the PT that deserves all the credit for my balance not worsening; therefore, skip knee surgery, double-down on PT, and just grin & bear the periodic knee pain? My orthopedist is waiting for a decision.
I wish you well, heisenberg34. All maybes to you!
Ray (@ray666)
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@heisenberg34 I’ve used PT for neuropathy balance issues but not as a pain or numbness treatment.