Therapeutic Nervoscience Treatment: anyone know about it?
September 17, 2015
I am being treated for peripherial neropathy now by my pain management doctor. I believe the nerve pain is a result of the surgeries (3) my heel/Achilles. I was wondering if anyone else out there had these issues, and, of course, what you did about it. A therapist I see recently pointed me at this treatment: Therapeutic Nervoscience Treatment: http://www.optp.com/Therapeutic-Neuroscience-Education-Teaching-Patients-About-Pain-A-Guide-for-Clinicians#.VfqL7PlViko. The basic idea here is that your injury is healed and you are over your tissue damage so you need to think and more importantly feel that your injury is the result of overactive and oversensitive nervous system: from your injury site to your brain and you need to retrain yourself to deal with it differently. Has anyone tried this? This site is really disappointing me because I am getting no response to my postings anymore. I wonder if anyone is out there anymore. Thanks.
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1. gutzer | September 17th, 2015 at 12:24 pm
I don’t know about this treatment, but I have followed some of your postings and feel bad for all the crap you have had to go through. Is your pain constant? I’ve heard nerve pain is the worst. I thought that the meds they give for it also have significant side effects.
I had surgery aug. 11 for a massive heel spur on the right heel, now almost 6 weeks NWB in cast , I am having heel pain at this point and not even using it so am concerned, who knows, I tried to choose a good OS but how do you know. I’m in my 50’s so maybe healing won’t be so smooth.
I waited until I really couldn’t walk hardly at all before having the surgery as I read some unsuccess stories. Like you, I used to be a long distance runner a couple years ago, at least I could swim and do elliptical before surgery , hoping to at least get back to that level.
My surgeon is pretty non communicative.
Wish I could give you some better info. Hang in there.
2. tjw1 | September 30th, 2015 at 4:26 am
Gutzer, so sorry to hear about your trials too. I heard so much of my concerns in your voice.
About the meds, I am taking Nyucynta 3-4 times a day with a 300 mg Gabapintine chaser. At this point having been on these meds for six months the side effects have gotten down to minimal except every once and a while, I think when I have not eaten well, I get the trippy feel, I had it just yesterday. But meds affect us all differently.
The thought about healing in the 50’s is probably true. I would actively, no aggressively seek out therapist or pain management groups on your own. I got nothing but blank stares from my ortho docs when I came back to them after a year’s time and by that time it was too late for my mental state. I have been in a major depression for I think 2-3 years, doesn’t matter about the when or how long, just a long time thru this ordeal. Try and head off depression before it starts because it can cost you dearly: I lost my long term girl friend and I regret it deeply.
So if you have pain issues or attitude issues, get help and don’t expect your doctors to provide assistance even the pain management ones. You have to find people who understand your pain treatment is a long term process, sometimes with meds, sometime with talk counseling, sometimes with PT. It is a real mix and I think that is why you don’t see a lot of people providing it.
Sorry I did not respond earlier, I did not see your post. I was,in fact, coming out here to post the question does anyone ever read anything I put on this site. Thanks for reading I am not bitching, just trying to be honest and helpful. The only thing worse than going to a bad recovery, is going thru a bad recovery alone.
If you would like to talk personally/privately maybe we can figure out a way to take this off-line.