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Originally Posted by grete
You might have noticed that I posted the first reply to this exercise question.Thank you for your interesting and informative reply. I would really like to understand in what way exercise helps PN (in my case small fiber neuropathy in both feet from cancer) so could you please clarify a couple of issues:
1) You say, "exercise to tolerance tends to improve ...". I wholehartedely agree. I assume you mean exercise to tolerance with e.g swimming for people who can't walk etc. I gather you don't mean exercise on your feet to tolerance e.g. running - if your feet get so sore and painful that you're in agony for days after your jog (?)
2) A. You say, "anything that improves circulation, as exercise certainly does, tends to help move nutrients/oxygen into the nerves". I would be very interested to learn how and why this happens. Would you be able to give me a link or reference to a study/paper which explains this? B. Would a TENS machine also improve circulation and move nutrients or is it only fysical exercise that does the trick?
Thank you.
Regards,
Grete Cooper
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Grete,
I'm very new to this all so i'm just trying to figure it all out as I go, I'm not very informed about the TENS machine as of yet, I know lots use them but I"m not sure how well they help . I do have to say I've seem improvement in the burning in my feet/ legs since I started the water areobics. I'm not doing too much on the hard surface of exercising and I"m going to add that back such as the stationary bike, weights jsut to see. I've got snf also and not been diagnosed long but I'm trying to get on top of it early . I've been reading about lots of supplements others take to avoid the high powered pain meds . I"m a work in progress and right now my burning has really gone away it seems from what it use to be so i'm right confused on whether i got the right diagnosis to start with .