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Neuropathy in feet and limited toe movement?
Neuropathy | Last Active: May 27 3:51pm | Replies (151)Comment receiving replies
Hi Lori, and others with toes that are difficult to move, especially independently. Linda (my wife) has bad PN in her feet. She has also developed an inability to move her toes independently. She can still wiggle them as a group but not individually. She asked me to tell you guys that she has found that she can improve her ability to do this by pulling on them, putting her thumb between each pair of toes and kind of pulling on them. I have included a couple shots of her doing this. It seems to help her so she thought it might be helpful to someone else. Best, Hank
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@jesfactsmon Thanks, Hank. I will try this toe pulling!!! Anything to help!!! Love, Lori
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@jesfactsmon Hi Hank......those images are so accurate for the neuropathy foot. Sometimes, my toes get stuck with one on top of the other. I also have to reach down and unhook them. I think most of that is part of the restrictive movement from the neuropathy. There are two or three yoga poses that really help those "twinkle toes". One is "legs up the wall". That pose encourages the valves to open so that blood can return from the feet easily. The other poses encourage greater steadiness when I walk and help my ankles. First you simply flap the feet up and down while they are above your head. The second one requires you to turn the feet round and round while they are overhead. You can find this Yoga pose on youtube I think. I'll take a look for you.
May you and Linda be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.
Chris