Hi, I'm 60 and was diagnosed with small twitch sensory neuropathy (diagnosed from a skin biopsy of foot and calf; only the foot is involved at this time). EMG is normal. I also have a positive ANA result. For 18 months I have had tingling in my toes and the front part of my feet. I'm in the process of undergoing more testing. I don't clearly (yet) have other clinical symptoms, and the tingling isn't very bad at this time. An arterial cold challenge test was normal...but I am on 2.5 mg/daily of amlodipine, as suggested by my primary doctor to dilate my blood vessels and thus ease the symptoms of the neuropathy because she suspected Reynaud's, and that was before I had further testing and discovered the small switch neuropathy diagnosis).

I'm skeptical of treatments that don't have clear basis from medical studies, but I'm considering getting a red light laser panel as recommended by a local chiropracter who treats neuropathy using this unit. They use the regenstore.com red light laser panel. My neurologist says it's not clear it will help, but it should not cause any damage.

I've started looking into light therapy and wow, it's a bit overwhelming. I'm not clear if the recommended 192-watt panel is the same as laser therapy? I've read some of your comments about light therapy; thank you. If anyone has comments about this particular device, I welcome them. Or anything else. And -- it's nice to meet all of you.

Jump to this post