Retirement is GREAT: Unless Your FEET Hurt!
Middle age. It’s that bridge between your younger years and your older years—when you have learned a few life lessons, your career is a little more established, perhaps you have a little more money to play with, and maybe a little more time because you kids are grown.
If you have reached this stage of your life, you probably have a BIG bucket list of adventures you want to experience:
Trips you want to take.
Grandchildren you want to play with.
A yard you want to fiddle around in.
A golf course you want to explore.
Things you want to do!
Walking across that bridge to your very own ‘Golden Years’ can be a lovely experience…
Unless your FEET DON’T WORK!
Then it SUCKS! It hurts. It’s disappointing. It’s sad. It’s frustrating.
More than three million Americans suffer with the debilitating symptoms of Peripheral Neuropathy. The first stage of peripheral neuropathy is pain. You feel burning, tingling, sharp pains, or you feel like you're walking on tacks or marbles. This pain eventually subsides and the numbness sets in. Unfortunately, the numbness brings with it a whole other host of problems.
This was the case with Larry.
Retirement
Larry and his wife, Donna, wanted to move to the Eastern Shore in Maryland to retire. They’d raised their family, worked in the corporate world, and were now in a stage of their life where they could ‘walk across that bridge into the Golden Years’ and enjoy retirement.
Imagine their excitement…
They bought a piece of land near the bay so Jerry could go fishing more often. They bought bicycles to ride, a membership at the local golf course, paddle boards, and a boat. They had plans to travel, volunteer in the community, and play with their grandkids.
Peripheral Neuropathy Diagnosis
Unfortunately Larry was diagnosed with Peripheral Neuropathy three years ago. It stopped them in their tracks…
The pain, tingling, prickling, burning, and weakness he experienced in his feet, both day and night, were taking a toll on their plans. Once the numbness became an issue, he didn’t feel comfortable driving.
‘If’ he felt like going out, his wife had to do the driving. Even simple pleasures like going out to dinner, fishing along the bay, or going grocery shopping together were no longer enjoyable. The boat sat unused for two seasons. Both Larry and Donna were disappointed and frustrated.
They sought help. He saw specialists. He had MRI’s and nerve conduction studies. He did everything his doctor recommended. He followed instructions. He took the meds Gabapentin and the Neurontin. He hoped they would help. But they didn’t.
Over time his symptoms just got worse. The doctors kept giving him stronger and stronger doses of medication to ‘manage’ the pain, which only led to stronger side effects—dizziness, tiredness and high blood pressure. It was a crap shoot.
What did he wind up with? Life with the pain, and a bunch of debilitating side effects.
Larry and his wife were both frustrated. Their well-planned move to the Eastern Shore to enjoy the ‘Golden Years’ wasn’t turning out as they had hoped.
Donna Has Lunch With a Friend: There are NO Coincidences
Here’s where the story turns the corner. Larry’s wife was having coffee with a new friend who had also moved to the shore to retire. She shared her sadness and disappointment about her husband's painful feet and the boat that had sat in storage for two years.
It just so happened her new friend was a patient at MD AcuMed! She had gotten amazing results with her chronic low back pain. She shared that Dr. Johnson and her husband, also an acupuncturist, specialize in chronic pain and neurological conditions and that MANY of her patients were getting special treatments for neuropathy. Donna’s friend said: “I think you really need to call Dr. Johnson and see if she can help. It’s worth a try!”
That’s Where We Come In…
About 50 percent of our current patients come to us suffering from the same condition as Larry. They are in constant pain with neuropathy and it prevents them from not only living their lives, but more importantly, it prevents them from enjoying it.
Depending on the severity of their nerve damage, we typically see tremendous progress in three to four months of treatment. We like to say we're in the business of making your golden years golden!
Larry and his wife can now attest!
“I can’t lie,” Larry confides. “I was skeptical at first. I’d done everything my doctors had told me and nothing was working. When my wife suggested we see Dr. Johnson, I was hesitant. Really, I think I was just depressed and desperate to try anything. I had no hope. Luckily my wife insisted that we try.”
Larry then goes on to say… “It turns out my wife was right. The folks at MD AcuMed really did help me. I can drive again. My wife and I are back to riding our bikes. I started fishing again. AND, we are now enjoying our boat.”
While we specialize in acupuncture, and it's definitely part of our protocols in treating neuropathy, the real secret to our treatment is in a more modern medical solution called ATP Resonance BioTherapy™. This technology was originally developed by NASA to expedite healing and recovery. It's like watering a plant. ATP Resonance BioTherapy™ stimulates the blood vessels to grow back around the peripheral nerve and provide them the proper nutrients to heal and repair.
Our practitioners specialize in chronic hard to treat neurological conditions. They are world renowned teachers in the field of acupuncture and chronic pain. Their clinic is often used for teaching and mentoring other acupuncture doctors who come from around the world to learn their techniques.
If your neuropathy (or chronic pain) is gradually getting worse and causing you to miss out on enjoying your retirement years, set up a consultation with one of our doctors. Don’t wait. They really are the BEST! 301-592-9355