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Driving making neuropathy of the feet worse
Neuropathy | Last Active: Sep 30 5:14am | Replies (57)Comment receiving replies
Have spinal stenosis in lower back! Surgery last October for this which was causing neuropathy in both feet! Didn’t help! Driving makes it lot worse! Tried Gabapentin, shots etc! Just curious why driving makes it worse and is there a fix?
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I would assume that you have pain in the balls of your feet, and therefore, when you use the gas pedal for driving, you are adding pressure to the ball of your foot. I know I have this as well. Also, my foot neuropathy can be positional. Sitting, with my feet down on the ground, is hard for me. Raising my feet helps a lot. I have also had Calmare/Scrambler therapy, which has helped quite a bit, but is not perfect by any means. Lori Renee
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@wilcy, Just curious if you have discussed the driving making the neuropathy worse with your doctor or neurologist? I have no medical training or background but don't really think driving is a cause of making neuropathy worse. Driving can be a problem due to having to sit in a fixed position for awhile, back, leg, foot strain, etc. -- all can add up to make anything worse (just my thoughts).
So, driving causes your feet to hurt (pain) more?