My Experience with Neuropathic Therapy Center at Loma Linda University

In 2010 I was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in my fallopian tube. The treatment was surgery and five months of intense chemotherapy. With much gratitude to the professionals at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale AZ I can now, nearly eleven years later, proudly say that I am still cancer free. However, one of the side effects from the chemotherapy has been neuropathy in my feet which has become more pronounced in recent years. I also have been managing hypothyroid disease for the past forty or so years and stand for hours a day as part of my work as a soft tissue therapist. All contributory factors for peripheral neuropathy.
The neuropathy for me presented as random shooting pains/lightning bolt type sensations which had become very debilitating and limiting my ability to walk any distance. After researching and finding only drug related options, I had become discouraged. During one of what had become many a sleepless night looking online for related information I just happened across the Neuropathic Therapy Center at Loma Linda University in southern California. As a manual therapist myself, and one who has many clients also struggling with neuropathy’s, I found this approach very intriguing.
When I called the Neuropathic Therapy Center to learn more, I was encouraged to set up an online conference call with Mark Bussell, PT, the primary developer of the work, to discuss my situation and determine if I would be a good candidate for this type of therapy. On that call we determined that I would be a good candidate for this therapy. As I live out of state, we also decided a good therapy option would be to schedule for a two-week intensive therapy regime which would screen for food sensitivities and during the same time frame receive physical therapy to facilitate improvement in neurovascular function.
I was found to be severely sensitive to dairy, sugar, chicken, almonds and moderately sensitive to gluten, mild to corn. These sensitivities are not to be confused with allergy, but foods that I am sensitive enough to that they cause a reaction to normal neurovascular circulation. Now knowing this and having had time for these things to clear my system I can definitely tell you that when I eat too much of any of these foods, I can feel a reaction or a triggering of symptoms.
It has been five weeks now since completing the two-week protocol. I have been very diligent with my diet and doing my daily exercises as part of the continuation of the physical therapy protocol. There have been ups and downs, diet modification is not easy. The neuropathy symptoms I am still aware of, but I can honestly say that overall, I feel that I have achieved nearly a fifty percent reduction in symptoms and with due diligence to the diet and exercise I feel that I am still continuing to make improvements.