Anybody out there tried ultrasound

Yes i have this too it's very painfull and I have accupunture only helps temporary im having pepper patches on both legs every 3 month this all happened after I had a spine operation.L5 S1 had it for more than 10 years it s hell

Make sure you don’t have a compressed disc in your lumbar spine. This is done through an orthopedic surgeon. If so, ultrasound won’t help at all. If it’s really a neuropathy, then try increasing your intake of B12 and iron. That did it for me after years and years of annoying pain. I had surgery with all the bills and whistles, and it was great, but my nerves from my mid thigh to the top of my foot were damaged permanently and I have neuropathy because of it. Adding extra exercise on a stationary bike every day really helped, and then adding two eggs, bisglycinated iron pill, and B12 help relieve the neuropathy. Now I only have a little bit, but it’s very tolerable compared to what I had.

@bizzy I also had spinal surgery L4,5 about a year and a half ago where they put in a coflex device to seperate the vertebre. It was very successful. Now have other back issues and am working with the neuro surgeon. Others have said they have also had the same experience after spinal surgery. Although, after a nerve conduction test I was told it is not gererated from my spine. Accupuncture will be my go to from now on. I am 79, ride my bike, walk, do pilaties, so very active. I just push through. Im afraid to stop!

@loriesco My regular MD suggested a complete blood panel (19 vials) to rule out any vitamin deficincies, autoimmune etc. My results were all OK. Getting the blood panels is important to make sure you are not taking too much B12 or other vitamins.

@amanancy good! However, remember the blood test shows what's in your blood system not what your body has digested. I am on B12 injections. A lot of doctors won't give you suppliments if you are one point over the line of borderline. (which I was!) so I insisted. made a huge difference. My body doesn't digest what I give it properly. I test for D too to stay in the balance. Same with things like calcium.

@loriesco sublingual B-12 avoids the absorption issue. If you’re also taking metformin, that can alter the absorption rate. B-12 is water soluble so excess comes out in the urine. B-6 is the only B vitamin where overdosing is an issue.

@loriesco I was on B12 injections once a month too. Now I take a liquid B compex. I test for D also.

@loriesco How long after your back surgery did you experience the neuropathy? Mine was a year and a half later.

I don't know. I had rediciopathy for years. Neuropathy built up after 7 years. Vanished with the extra exercise iron/B12 .

Five years ago at age 82, I was shuffling as I walked. I found a practioner who treated the Neuropathy in my feet and lower legs with a Class 4 Laser. Within six months I was walking with a normal gait and moving freely around a Pickleball Court 3X a week. I still have numbness and tingling feet, but no pain and a normal gait.