Before experiencing wounds or diabetic ulcers, patients affected by diabetic peripheral neuropathy suffer from loss of sensation, loss of balance, chronic pain, or loss of feeling in their extremities. An infrared therapy is showing promising results for the reduction of pain from peripheral neuropathy.

Anodyne Infrared Therapy is a treatment that uses light energy to exponentially increase (up to 400%) the circulation in peripheral areas (arms, legs). Light-emitting diodes are fitted into flexible pads that can be applied directly to the skin on any affected part of the body. The light energy helps increase blood flow by delivering nutrients to the injured site. Anodyne therapy consists of 10 to 12 sessions lasting 30 minutes each. During this time, energy is penetrating your tissues increasing circulation that results in reducing pain and rapid wound healing.

Light energy helps your body release a gas called Nitric Oxide from your own red blood cells. This powerful molecule plays a critical role in the health of your arteries. Anodyne Infrared Therapy can be used to intervene at the early stages of the disease in order to prevent the more serious complications. If you suffer from any condition distinguished by pain and inflammation or a condition characterized by poor circulation, Anodyne may be a painless, non - invasive treatment option for you.

The benefits of Anodyne Therapy extend as far-reaching as: arthritis, bursitis, tendonitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, sprains, temporal mandibular joint disorders ("TMJ"), slow healing wounds, and stress fractures. Let the light shed some promising results on your painful ailments. I'm curious to see how well it works. I called a local office and setup an appointment. If it works for me - you'll be the first to read about it. Stay tuned...

University of Florida researchers have found that in people with diabetes, primitive "repair cells" that travel throughout the body to repair damaged blood vessels become too rigid. And this is what fuels the disease's many circulatory and vascular complications. The good news is that they have found a way to restore the cells' flexibility -- at least in the lab. Enter nitric oxide (NO), a free radical gas occurring naturally in the body that helps these repair cells lose their rigidity, increase movement and improve circulation. As you might guess, patients with diabetes commonly have low levels of nitric oxide. In what they hope is the near future, researchers envision increasing the level of NO in diabetics' repair cells through either medication or cell collection, in which repair cells would be extracted and injected with nitric oxide and returned to patients' bodies. Either method would affect the nitric oxide levels within the repair cells and enhance their migratory ability. The study's findings are featured in the January issue of the medical journal Diabetes. An interesting advancement that could make a big impact. For a diabetic's perspective, read what Amy Tenderich writes about it over at DiabetesMine.com. (Nitric oxide molecule pictured top right.)