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...

How amazing. People who develop Type 2 diabetes are significantly more likely than the non-diabetic population to have a history of carpal tunnel syndrome, an extremely pesky nerve problem in the wrist that can be corrected with surgery. According to the researchers who identified the link, carpal tunnel syndrome can predate the onset of diabetes by up to ten years. Their study found that, after adjusting for other risk factors, those with diabetes had experienced carpal tunnel syndrome at a thirty-six percent higher rate than the non-diabetic control group.

So, why the connection? Well, it seems high blood sugar levels are to blame. It is thought that having higher than normal blood sugar levels - along with the associated metabolic abnormalities this causes - may make people particularly vulnerable to peripheral nerve disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome.

The study was conducted by a team from King's College, London, who looked at the medical records for a whopping 644,495 British patients before reaching this conclusion. The results of the study have been published in Diabetes Care.