Lifestyle Changes Are a Good Step to Reduce the Pain and Discomfort of Peripheral Neuropathy

Lifestyle changes don’t just happen because we force them to, they occur naturally too. If there’s one thing in life that will happen, it’s change. It’s important to realise this fact when it comes to your personal health also.

Neuropathy is one change in health that will determine a forced lifestyle change. It is the one word we use for a collection of disorders that develop when damage to the nervous system occurs.

It is the nerves beyond the brain and spinal cord that determine peripheral neuropathy. It is painful. It is debilitating and it impacts on quality of life thanks in part to the pain you will endure.

The symptoms are found in the breakdown of communication between our brain and spine; nerve endings are receiving garbled messages as to what sensations we should be feeling or not feeling.

The brain tells the sensory nerves to feel pain when you run your finger slowly over a burning candle. But if that communique is broken, severed or jumbled somehow, injury can occur and the situation can become dangerous, even lethal.

Resolution

Neuropathy is painful and normal active life becomes a sedentary one. Put mildly, neuropathy needs to be addressed; failure to do so will result in a downward spiral to inactivity and poor health.

So what are the key changes to lifestyle we must make if we are that person who has been diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy?

• Make fruits and vegetables the main choice of food you eat
• Include foods which are high in antioxidants like blueberries
• Include foods rich in nutrients like spinach and broccoli
• Take supplements to support your nutrition
• Control your carbohydrate at each meal to maintain healthy glucose levels
• Quit smoking and drinking alcohol
• Stretch every morning to prevent muscular stiffness
• Exercise regularly, start slowly and add to difficulty bit by bit
• Avoid tight tights, ill-fitting shoes and socks to aid free movement

Think of the three main things that will improve lifestyle: diet, exercise and neuropathy treatment. Neuropathy patients do not have to sacrifice everything they yearn for just because they have been diagnosed with neuropathy disorders, just make the changes adding a new one bit by bit and return to enjoying life that is active and as free of pain and discomfort as possible.

An excellent source of information including products and services that can help reduce the pain and discomfort are located at “I Have PeripheralNeuropathy” (http://ihavepn.com/).