What Causes Neuropathy?

Neuropathy Broomfield

08 Sep What Causes Neuropathy?

Neuropathy is a very common condition, but what causes it? Neuropathy is commonly associated with diabetes, injuries, infections or exposure to toxins. Neuropathy symptoms include: weakness, numbness, tingling, pins-and-needles sensations, spontaneous shooting pains and chronic pain.  While some cases of this condition require surgery, most can be treated non-invasively and non-pharmaceutically.  Let us show you how we can help restore you to you former vitality.

According to the National Institute of Health, an estimated 20 million people in the United States have some form of peripheral neuropathy, a condition that results from damage to the peripheral nervous system — the colossal communications network that transmits information between the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) and every other part of your body.  

The Role of the Peripheral Nervous System

In order to better understand neuropathy, it is helpful to understand how your  peripheral nervous system works.  Your peripheral nervous system is the collection of nerves that unites your limbs and organs to the central nervous system.  It is made of various kinds of nerves all charged with sending commands and information from your brain and spinal cords to your body and back.  The peripheral nervous system nerves include:

  • Sensory Nerves: gather/send information regarding cold, heat, pain and touch.
  • Motor Nerves:  control the muscles that allow you to move
  • Autonomic Nerves: control the automatic or involuntary functions of your body such as heart rate, blood pressure and digestion.

When injury occurs to your sensory, motor or autonomic nerves you can feel the effects throughout your body from acute and chronic symptoms.

How Does Nerve Damage Occur?

Diagnosing the cause of your nerve damage can be very difficult.  30% of all neuropathy has no clear cause for the pain.  By enlisting a provider at Mile High Spine & Pain Center you increase your odds of getting to the source of your pain/dysfunction.  Our diagnostic tools, advanced nerve testing, and on-staff neurologist can discover if your condition is truly idiopathic (without a known cause) or if there is a hidden cause we can treat. Our Westminster and Broomfield team will first look at your past and current medical history to see if you have any serious and/or life-threatening causes.  Diabetes is responsible for 30% of nerve issues. High blood sugar levels severely damage nerves, leading to further complications that only make it harder to stay healthy with diabetes. Research also has shown that the following conditions/triggers can be the cause for your neuropathy:

  • Diseases and conditions that affect kidney and liver function
  • Nutritional imbalances  especially B vitamin deficiencies
  • Traumatic Injury
  • Daily habits, such as poor posture and a lack of ergonomic office equipment
  • Diabetes (most common)
  • Infection
  • Metabolic Disorders
  • Alcoholism
  • Exposure to toxins and heavy metals
  • Tumors – lumps put pressure on nerve bundles
  • HIV, AIDS, hypothyroidism, and Lyme disease

What We Can Offer You with Neuropathy Treatment

One of the first steps when creating a neuropathy treatment plan is a thorough evaluation to diagnose – where possible – a cause.  We want to offer you a solution for your symptoms, but we want to address the cause so we can eliminate your symptoms for good!  Patients dealing with permanent damage or chronic neuropathic conditions find that regular electrostimulation and massage therapy controls their symptoms without the need to use medications.  Effective, non-invasive treatment options for your neuropathy are:  chiropractic adjustments, physical therapy, and inflammation injections.  During your evaluation, a member of our Mile High Spine & Pain Center team will also discuss your curtain nutritional habits. Improving your diet can make a noticeable difference in your symptoms and pain.

Free Neuropathy Consultation

If you are suffering from the symptoms of neuropathy, the team at Mile High Spine & Pain Center are ready to help.  Mile High Spine & Pain Center provides specialized treatment plans for neuropathy to patients in Westminster and Broomfield and can help you understand where your symptoms are coming from and what it will take to improve.  Call (720) 507-0080 today to schedule your free consultation!



Mile High Spine & Pain Center