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Neuropathy: Numbness only, no pain
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To John, Barry, and others who are actively trying to reverse some of their neuropathy symptoms, I would like to recommend a book that I bought on Amazon.com last week. It is called, "Better Balance-Simple exercises to improve stability and prevent falls." The book is easy reading and only 50 pages. It is a Harvard Medical School Special Health Report. The lead editor is Dr Suzanne Salamon.
While many of our neuropathies are not curable, our nervous system, as Barry pointed out, has some degree of plasticity.
Balance is an area where there is plasticity--where we can compensate for something our neuropathy took away. The short book, written for the layperson, discusses the organs that determine balance. It discusses common causes of imbalance. And it gives many exercises that can be done to improve balance. Price is $20. Money well-spent in my opinion.
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Thanks @afirefly, I think this is the book you are referring to and it looks like it has some really useful information. I bookmarked the link and may buy and download it to my iPad.
Better Balance: Simple exercises to improve stability and prevent falls (Book, PDF or ePub available):
-- https://www.health.harvard.edu/exercise-and-fitness/better-balance-simple-exercises-to-improve-stability-and-prevent-falls
Thanks, @firefly. This is another good reference to follow up on!
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Hi @afirefly Is this book relatively new with up to date information? I believe in neuroplasticity. It engages the brain to develop new pathways for tasks it once did. In other words, you teach your brain to do a task using a different pathway of nerves it used before. Pretty interesting concept. I must say it involves discipline, time, and patience. In some cases it took as long as a year to achieve change. I am using neuroplasticity to correct my diplopia caused by the nerves of my eye muscles. The movements of the eyes do not synchronize with each other thus resulting in 2 images, the diplopia. At 3 months I have seen positive changes but my eyes have not completely aligned yet. I also have neuropathy and balance issues. I have noticed yesterday after a month, the exercises for balance are becoming easier. I will advance to another exercise for balance improvement. Thanks, Toni