If you're living with neuropathy, whether it’s caused by diabetes, chemotherapy, or by other, unknown triggers, you know that the symptoms do more than simply cause discomfort. When you’re dealing with the nerve damage of neuropathy, you could experience symptoms including burning, tingling, numbness, and pain that makes walking hard. You may find that sleep becomes elusive, and that simply living your everyday life is a frustrating pursuit.
Worse still? For years, patients have been fed the same line: we can’t reverse the damage that neuropathy has already caused your nerves. As such, the majority of treatments to date have focused on addressing your symptoms, rather than targeting their cause. But now, there’s a new treatment approach that allows us to aim higher, and even to reverse neuropathy damage for better outcomes.
Today, our Houston podiatry practice offers Remy Class IV Laser treatment, providing our neuropathy patients with an advanced therapy that does more than just help you cope with your symptoms. Instead, it’s designed to help your nerves repair and regenerate. In turn, you experience lasting relief and an improved quality of life.
What is Neuropathy? ![Class IV Remy Laser]()
Neuropathy, also known as peripheral neuropathy, is the term used to describe damage to the peripheral nerves in your feet and legs. As mentioned earlier, this condition could be the result of diabetes or chemotherapy. The nerve damage could also be caused by disease or illness; radiation, nutritional deficiency or even alcoholism. Sometimes, the cause is idiopathic, meaning we don’t know why you incurred the nerve damage.
Regardless of the cause, once you develop neuropathy, you will experience common symptoms in your legs and feet, including:
- Burning
- Weakness
- Numbness
- Tickling
- Pricking
- Tingling
Earlier generations of neuropathy treatments most frequently worked to mitigate your discomfort and prevent further nerve damage. Today, however, thanks to the Class IV Remy Laser, we can actually reverse neuropathy damage, meaning that your treatment could help restore your previous level of health.
What Is the Class IV Remy Laser Therapy?
There are many different types of lasers used for therapeutic purposes. Many are classified as delivering Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) and are intended for treating conditions such as toenail fungus. But the Class IV Remy Laser is high-powered laser; its light wavelengths are able to pass through the surface of your skin to stimulate the cells that lie beneath. As a result, Remy Laser Therapy can reduce inflammation, support tissue repair and stimulate new cellular activity. Also, because of its greater power, the Class IV laser can treat areas of the body that lower level lasers (Class I through III) are unable to address. And that includes the potential to reverse neuropathy damage.
How Can Laser Therapy Reverse Neuropathy Damage?
Because of its greater Class IV strength, our Remy laser delivers its therapeutic light wavelengths deep into your damaged tissue. Not only does this stimulates cellular repair and reduce inflammation, addressing even chronic foot and ankle pain, it’s also able to encourage nerve repair in your body. And that means it’s able to target the root cause of your neuropathy symptoms instead of just masking your discomfort or putting a band-aid on your pain.
Our Class IV laser therapy represents an exciting new treatment breakthrough for all of our neuropathy patients, regardless of the cause of damage. This treatment option is:
- Entirely non-invasive
- Completely comfortable and pain-free
When you treat neuropathy with the Remy laser, you can also avoid medications, meaning you don’t have to worry about unintended side effects or potential interactions with other drugs or supplements you may be taking.
Even better? This treatment option truly seems to be effective at reversing neuropathy damage. Though it’s a relatively new addition to the array of therapies offered by Dr. Andrew Schneider, many of our patients report a reduction in their burning and tingling sensations. Some are also reporting improved balance, and increased sensation in their feet—a development that’s particularly important for diabetic patients who worry about developing foot ulcers.
Best of all, the course of treatment is quick and easy. Each laser therapy session takes between 15 and 20 minutes. And, while every patient is different, many patients—regardless of the cause of their neuropathy—start noticing improvements after just a few weeks.
Are There Any Side Effects with Class IV Laser Therapy?
While the Remy laser has not been linked to any known side effects, some patients experience temporary skin flushing or warmth; this is due to increased blood flow at the treatment site, and should resolve quickly. In rare cases, an overly-strong treatment dose could result in nerve irritation or swelling, but the effect should self-resolve within 36 hours.
Who Should Avoid Remy Laser Therapy?
Patients with pacemakers, internal pain pumps, or those who have been prescribed photosensitive medications, including steroids and antibiotics, should not receive Class IV laser therapy to reverse neuropathy damage. Pregnant women are also advised against Remy laser treatment.
Finally, You CAN Reverse Neuropathy Damage
For years, patients suffering from the detrimental effects of neuropathy have sought a better solution. They wanted to do more than just stop their condition from worsening: the hope was always to find a treatment that could restore what they’d lost by regenerating damaged nerve tissue or improving nerve function. Now, thanks to the Remy Class IV laser, that’s finally possible. And this treatment option is available at Tanglewood Foot Specialists, for patients dealing with any form of peripheral neuropathy.
Are you ready to put the tingling, prickling and burning pain of neuropathy behind you? Are you hoping to increase sensation in your feet, reducing your risk for complications and improving your balance and mobility? We are here to help you reverse neuropathy damage and reclaim your life. All you have to do is contact the office by calling 713-785-7881 or by following this link to request an appointment. When we see you in our Houston podiatry practice, we can evaluate your neuropathy symptoms and consider your candidacy for Class IV Remy Laser therapy.
