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Deb Peripheral Neuropathy

Relief for chronic pain and inflammation

Chronic pain and inflammation issues had been causing this patient pain and discomfort for a long, long time. She had circulation issues in both legs, which were partly the cause of many painful and uncomfortable symptoms. Plus, she had a hip and knee replacement and was told she would need another knee replacement. Her feet felt like she was walking on pillows or broken glass all day long. After five years, the pain and inflammation got progressively got worse. Even though she was a little skeptical, she trusted Functional Medicine Center of MN, and now, after only one week, she felt amazingly better from her toes to her knees.

Shocked and grateful that she felt better after only a week.

Natural treatments can give you your life back, free from chronic pain and inflammation. Learn how Functional Medicine Center of MN can help. Please contact us or schedule an assessment.

 

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Deb: Hi, I’m Deb, and I have been dealing with a lot of chronic pain and inflammation. I’ve had circulation in my legs and a lot of circulation issues in both legs. I’ve had a hip and a knee replacement. I have a left knee that I was told I needed a knee replacement. My legs feel like my feet feel like I’m walking on pillows from the time I go to bed until I get up in the morning. And I feel like I’m walking on broken glass, just very painful.

Dr. Robert: How long have you been feeling that way?

Deb: So I’ve been having this for, like, about five years and it’s been progressively getting worse. And so I’m like, I’m looking for different alternatives to try to get well, so I came to Dr. Robert, and he said, what can I do for you? And I said I’d like to have a new lower half of my body. I can’t handle this anymore. And he said well, okay, let me take a look at it. So here I’ve been here for one week, and I feel amazingly better. I don’t feel like I’m walking on pillows or broken glass. My knees feel so much better, and I just overall I feel amazingly better.

Dr. Robert: Are you surprised that you feel this good in a week?

Deb: I am shocked, I am shocked, and I’m grateful, and I’m glad that I was recommended to come here. So thank you, Dr. Robert.

Dr. Robert: And who recommended you come here?

Deb: I was recommended by Andrea, and um, I’ve actually talked to another patient of yours that i haven’t even told you about yet. And she, like me, was very skeptical and said she couldn’t stand chiropractors. And you were not going to crack her neck. But she trusted you, and she’s doing amazing, so she highly recommended you. So I’m glad I’m here all right.

Dr. Robert: Well, thank you for sharing.

Deb: Yep, you’re welcome.

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Long Covid Relief

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    Long COVID relief is possible using natural methods.

    Our clinic in Buffalo, Minnesota is seeing more and more patients with symptoms of long COVID. Do you or someone you know suffer from long COVID symptoms?

Do you or someone you know suffer from long COVID symptoms?

Long COVID is most often a symptom or combination of symptoms that persist for 30 or more days after COVID infection. Symptoms can include:

  • Shortness of breath
  • Heart palpitations
  • Heaviness in chest
  • Numbness or tingling in extremities
  • Debilitating fatigue
  • Chronic loss of taste/smell
  • Brain fog or cognitive impairment
  • Joint pain
  • Trouble swallowing
  • Persistent cough
  • Digestive /GI Issues
  • Chronic inflammation
  • Voice problems
  • Dizziness
  • Low blood pressure
  • Rashes
  • Headaches
  • Tinnitus
  • Sleep Disturbance
  • Depression/Anxiety

The vagus nerve may be the key to long COVID relief.

The symptoms of long COVID, also called chronic COVID or long-haul COVID, can linger for weeks and months – or longer. Research suggests that the coronavirus itself may have damaged the very part of your nervous system that is responsible for recovery, and damage could be linked to the effects of the coronavirus on a vital nerve, the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve can be disrupted by viral infections, excessive stress, disease, inflammation, and certain medications, among other things. If you’re suffering from long COVID, rehabilitation of this nerve is essential to helping your body function properly.

What is the vagus nerve?

The vagus nerve, also known as cranial nerve ten, runs from the brainstem through the neck and thorax to the abdomen. It’s responsible for controlling heart rate, breathing, speech, swallowing, taste, digestion, mood, immune response, and inflammation response. The vagus nerves are the main nerves of the parasympathetic nervous system, which is the “rest-and-digest” system and takes you out of the “fight-or-flight” or stressed state of your body.

At Functional Medicine Center of MN, we have specific tools to measure the health, integrity, and function of the vagus nerve and the ability of the vagus system to work. Dr. Robert DeYoung, DC, QNCP is the only doctor certified in Quantum Neurology in MN, a specific technique that rehabilitates nerves, including the vagus nerve.

Listen to Heidi share her journey to Long COVID relief.

 

Natural relief for long COVID – know your options.

Using Functional Medicine technologies, treatments, and techniques, patients are getting long COVID relief. Learn more about how Functional Medicine Center of MN can help you develop a customized and effective long COVID care plan. Please contact us or schedule an assessment. We look forward to helping you on your journey to a life free of pain, discomfort, and physical dysfunction.

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Mark Peripheral Neuropathy

Hand-pain relief in less than two weeks

Hand-pain relief is possible without shots or surgery! This patient woke up every morning with hand pain he described as an eight or nine out of ten on the pain scale. Before visiting Functional Medicine Center of MN, he tried cortisone shots from a medical doctor and visited a couple of different chiropractors. He even saw an orthopedic surgeon. Nothing and no one could help relieve the pain in his hands. After consulting with Dr. Roberts and receiving treatments for only a week and a half, his hands already felt great.

Before seeking help at the Functional Medicine Center of MN, the pain in his hands kept him from doing the things he enjoyed, like mechanical work and woodworking. (He “couldn’t pick up a not or bolt” if he tried.) Now he feels so much better he doesn’t even take over-the-counter pain medication.

Yes, functional medicine can help with hand pain.

Don’t let hand pain keep you from doing the things you enjoy. Learn how Functional Medicine Center of MN can help. Please contact us or schedule an assessment.

 

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Holly Peripheral Neuropathy

Holly Peripheral Neuropathy

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Marilyn Peripheral Neuropathy

Marilyn Peripheral Neuropathy

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Dr. Robert: How long have you had burning in the feet and trouble with that? How many years do you think it’s been?

Marilyn: Oh, I think at least three years, for sure.

Dr. Robert: Three years of burning in the feet. What’s the pattern that would be every day? What would you notice?

Marilyn: Usually, it starts about 6:30 at night, and it would burn sometimes all night. I would have to sleep with a gel pack for my feet.

Dr. Robert: And you wouldn’t sleep well, correct, because of that?

Marilyn: No.

Dr. Robert: And you’d have burning basically every night?

Marilyn: Every night.

Dr. Robert: And the pattern would be–when would it start at night?

Marilyn: About 6:30, when I would sit down and relax, put my feet up, then they would burn.

Dr. Robert: And for about three years, it’s been going on. And now that you’ve been here and worked with me about four times, I believe.

Marilyn: Yes.

Dr. Robert: And what’s the result been?

Marilyn: Oh, it’s wonderful to go to bed without having the burning feet and that acid reflux because when I would turn to my left with the acid, my stomach would just roll.

Dr. Robert: You have had acid reflux for how many years, would you say? Approximately?

Marilyn: I bet you at least 15 years.

Dr. Robert: And now you’re not having it?

Marilyn: Yes.

Dr. Robert: It’s so much better?

Marilyn: Yes.

Dr. Robert: Awesome. If anyone else is having neuropathy, burning in the feet, or even acid reflux and gastrointestinal issues, what would you recommend?

Marilyn: I definitely would recommend you go see Dr. Robert. Wonderful.

Dr. Robert: All right. Well, thank you. Thank you for sharing.

 

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