Have you or a loved one ever dealt with irritating symptoms in your hands and feet for instance burning, tingling, numbness, freezing or even electric shocks. If you have you are not alone, as this is a common disorder known as peripheral neuropathy.

Peripheral neuropathies root cause is destruction to the peripheral nerves system, which is responsible for the transmitting of information from the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body. Breakage to these nerves resembles static on a telephone line; it distorts the signal causing distressing symptoms that many times are difficult to live with.

Unfortunately there are lots of things that lead to neuropathy, one of the most common being complication from diabetes. Other causes include vitamin deficits, hormone irregularities, being exposed to toxic chemicals, and even prescribed medication. The sad thing is neuropathic pain is some of the most challenging pain to treat. Even surgery regularly falls short to completely get rid of the pain of nerve destruction.

At Kukurin Chiropractic we use advanced cutting edge laboratory screening to help detect the cause of the neuropathy. We have also executed some non-traditional approaches like laser acupuncture and nerve stimulation techniques that have offered hope. There are also newly identified growth factors from botanical herbs that are extremely promising.

We at Kukurin Chiropractic are regularly researching the latest technology that will help our patients. Neuroscience is a laboratory-testing company that practices all new cutting edge screening that enables us to test for several hormone irregularities and vitamin deficiencies that many times go overlooked and without treatment. Following the testing Neuroscience also offers an in-depth guide on how to remedy these imbalances and we will be there to support you through this change.

Nerve stimulation is a harmless and painless technique that has been shown to dramatically decrease the perception of pain for our patients. This is accomplished by sticking electrodes along the course of peripheral nerve pathways. These electrodes are then turned on to give off a weak electrical current that feels like an appealing tingling sensation. This electrical current induce sensory nerve pathways in turn tricking the brain into turning the pain signal off, or at the very least, dramatically reducing it.

Handling neuropathy with acupuncture is not a new notion. This form of treatment method has been successfully put to use for thousands of years. Nevertheless, modern medicine has only recently started to examine this kind of treatment in medical research settings, to identify how and exactly why it helps so much. Neuropathy is assessed by employing a nerve conduction test; which demonstrates how well or badly a nerve is functioning. Through these investigations acupuncture was verified to normalize these nerve conduction tests. Yet another study proposed that acupuncture could promote the re-growth of damaged nerves, a notion that was thought to be impossible a few years ago.

Recent study suggests that these non-traditional therapies can, and do, help patients experiencing neuropathy. Not only do they provide subjective reduction of numbness and pain, but they actually reestablish nerve function as evaluated through nerve conduction diagnostic tests. Coupling this with the important information that we learn from Neuroscience examining and a few just recently identified herbal remedies that show significant promise, we have been able to properly help numerous patients in our office. Don't suffer any longer make an appointment today.