Peripheral Neuropathy
Welcome to a diagnostic and therapeutic approach way beyond anything you have ever experienced. Our clinically proven system can help even the most chronic peripheral neuropathy sufferer. You can be sure that this system of care has helped thousands of people across the country and is now available in your backyard.
PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY BACKGROUND (If you are new to the condition)
Peripheral neuropathy describes damage to the peripheral nervous system, the vast communications network that transmits information from the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system) to every other part of the body. Peripheral nerves also send sensory information back to the brain and spinal cord, such as a message that the feet are cold or a finger is burned. Damage to the peripheral nervous system interferes with these vital connections. Like poor connection to a cell phone tower, peripheral neuropathy distorts and sometimes interrupts messages between the brain and the rest of the body.
Patients with peripheral neuropathy often experience chronic tingling, numbness, weakness, or burning pain. They often find it difficult to walk, sense if they are going down stairs properly, know if they have injured the affected area and generally are miserable because of the chronic pain they often experience.
We take a comprehensive approach to helping our patients with peripheral neuropathy. Not only do we treat the local area affected by using cutting edge therapy, addressing metabolic conditions (such as blood sugar problems) but we also treat areas in the brain responsible to receiving these messages from the body. It is common that peripheral nerve damage will lead to functional changes in the brain! You MUST address all areas in order to get the BEST OUTCOMES.
There is a ‘road map’ in the brain of your entire body. Every body area (foot, hand, face, etc.) is represented in a part of the brain called the parietal lobe. If poor nerve signals come into the brain because of peripheral neuropathy, this can lead to problems in the brain itself.
Although you might start out with peripheral neuropathy, the longer you have this condition the more likely you’ll experience issues higher up into areas of the brain.
That is why damage to the peripheral nerves is just part of the story. And why treating the local area can lead to discouraging short-term results.
We Offer So Much More…A Unique Non-Drug Approach
It all starts with a unique exam based on the Toronto Clinical Scoring System. Why? Because this exam scores the health or sickness or your nerves. Wouldn’t it be nice to objectively demonstrate where you are and how you are improving? Not just, “I feel good today” but an exam that proves you are getting better. How is this accomplished? Through the unique combination of clinically proven therapies…
TREATMENT
We use a combination of unilateral spinal adjusting, pulsed infrared, whole body vibration, oxygen, trigger point massage and other brain-based therapies geared toward your specific condition to address peripheral neuropathy in a very dynamic way.
On top of the brain-based therapies (BBT) we also support the nervous system using advanced metabolic and nutritional protocols designed to give you every chance possible to feel better. Why not restore normal nerve communication, function and health by healing from the inside out?
No matter what the condition, it is imperative that we perform a thorough and comprehensive exam to determine the exact nature of the patient’s condition. If you would like to receive a “Discovery Visit” to determine how our procedures could benefit you, simply call our office at 951-778-1113 to reserve your appointment.
Peripheral Neuropathy (PN) is the term used to describe disorders of the peripheral nerves. Even though 10 to 20 million people in the US suffer with PN information is hard to come by. Approximately 50% of diabetics will develop the condition. Many people using statin pills: ‘cholesterol drugs’, will be affected by this mysterious and under-recognized malady.
Neuropathy means “disease or abnormality of the nervous system”, which is not a very helpful definition. We think of neuropathy as any damage to the nervous system. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Herniated Discs and Strokes are all insults to different areas of the nervous system, all with different symptoms. Diabetes is a systemic disease that affects all nerves of the body from the brain, eyes and small nerves of the heart and digestive system, to the nerves in the hands feet and legs.
The peripheral nervous system is made up of the nerves that branch out of the spinal cord to all parts of the body.
Peripheral nerve cells have three main parts: cell body, axons, and dendrites (nerve/muscle junctions). Any part of the nerve can be affected, but damage to axons is most common. The axon transmits signals from nerve cell to nerve cell or muscle. Most axons are surrounded by a substance called myelin, which facilitates signal transmission.
There are two types of symptoms with peripheral neuropathy; negative and positive. Negative signs, which come first, are when damage to the nervous system, obviously, brings about LOSS of a particular function. For example; loss of reflexes, loss of strength, loss of sensation like numbness. But these are rarely detectable to the patient, because the brain makes up the difference in these losses.
Only after some time do the sick and damaged nerves develop the positive signs of neuropathy; tingling, burning, biting, stabbing, shooting pains. This too is a reaction of the brain and nervous system, unfortunately this overreaction tears apart the fiber of patients’ lives.
Each patient will describe their pain in their own individual language of ‘pain’. This can easily confuse a doctor not trained in the recognition and treatment of these patients. So the patient usually continues to suffer, going from doctor to doctor, to stronger and stronger doses of pills until they are either completely drugged up and out of it, or lost in their own world of suffering.
Some neuropathies come on suddenly, others over many years. Some people are affected only by a weakness in the arms and legs which leads to difficulty standing, walking, or getting out of a chair. The loss of sensation from the feet, ankles and toes contributes to patients not having a ‘good sense’ of where there feet are in space, touching the ground, and this causes them to fall very easily. These under-recognized sensory losses CAN ONLY be detected with the proper clinical exam. This office has the necessary tools to uncover the underlying cause of this ’silent’ nerve damage
Our office offers a solution.
Dr Mark Prather, in his years of clinical experience working with PN patients, understands that they have very low quality of life; that the pain of neuropathy touches every aspect of an affected person’s existence. He is currently an active member of the Neuropathy Treatment Centers of America.
Everyday We Have More Success Relieving Neuropathy Pain, Why Not You?
Reduced Pain and Cramps
Reduced Tingling or Numbness in the Fingers, Toes or Legs
Ability to experience touch without Pain
Reduced Feeling of Cold, Burning or Pain in the Feet and Legs
Improved Sense of Balance and Coordination
Less Dependency on Medications
Improved sleep
Less Restless Leg
