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SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2015 LIVE IT UP! 17 Figure 2:When these very small blood vessels become diseased they begin to shrivel up and the nerves begin to degenerate. Figure 3: e blood vessels will grow back around the nerves much like a plant's roots grow when watered. Santa Cruz, CA - e most common method your doctor will recommend to treat your neuropathy is with prescription drugs that may temporarily reduce your symptoms. ese drugs have names such as Gabapentin, Lyrica, Cymbalta, and Neurontin, and are primarily antidepressant or anti-seizure drugs. ese drugs may cause you to feel uncomfortable and have a variety of harmful side effects. Peripheral neuropathy is a result of damage to the nerves en causing weakness, pain, numbness, tingling, and the most debilitating balance problems. is damage is commonly caused by a lack of blood flow the nerves in the hands and feet which causes the nerves to begin to degenerate due to lack of nutrient flow. As you can see in Figure 1, as the blood vessels that surround the nerves become diseased they shrivel up which causes the nerves to not get the nutrients to continue to survive. When these nerves begin to "die" they cause you to have balance problems, pain, numbness, tingling, burning, and many additional symptoms. e main problem is that your doctor has told you to just live with the problem or try the drugs which you don't like taking because they make you feel uncomfortable. ere is now a facility right here in Santa Cruz that offers you hope without taking those endless drugs with serious side effects. (See the special neuropathy severity examination at the end of this article.) In order to effectively treat your neuropathy three factors must be determined. 1)What is the underlying cause? 2) How much nerve damage has been sustained. NOTE: Once you have sustained 85% nerve loss, there is likely nothing that we can do for you. 3) How much treatment will your condition require? e treatment provided by Natural Foundations Healing has three main goals: 1) Increase blood flow 2) Stimulate small fiber nerves 3) Decrease brain based pain e treatment to increase blood flow utilizes a specialized low level light therapy using light emitting diode technology. is technology was originally developed by NASA to assist in increasing blood flow. e low level light therapy is like watering a plant. e light therapy will allow the blood vessels to grow back around the peripheral nerves and provide them with the proper nutrients to heal and repair. It's like adding water to a plant and seeing the roots grow deeper and deeper. e amount of treatment needed to allow the nerves to fully recover varies from person to person and can only be determined aer a detailed neurological and vascular evaluation. As long as you have not sustained at least 85% nerve damage there is hope! Dr. Susan White, DC at Natural Foundation Healing will do a neuropathy severity examination to determine the extent of the nerve damage for only $60. is neuropathy severity examination will consist of a detailed sensory evaluation, and a detailed analysis of the findings of your neuropathy. Dr. Susan White, DC will be offering this neuropathy severity examination from now until Call to make an appointment with Dr. White to determine if your peripheral neuropathy can be treated. Here's What Our Patients Say... "I have had plantar fasciitis for over a year now. For those who have not experienced it– lucky you. It feels like a spike driven through your heel. Most people say theirs has gone away eventually (usually under a year) mine was stubborn and debilitating in some ways. I am an extremely active person. 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