The Atma Approach

Peripheral
Neuropathy

Tingling is a nerve that's ischemic, starved, toxic, or compressed.

Why "idiopathic neuropathy" often just means the second-pass labs were never ordered.

By Dr. Neela Sandal

Mainstream Medicine's Approach Is Gabapentin and a Diabetes Lecture

Burning feet at 2 a.m. Numb fingers. B12 if you're lucky. EMG if you're not. Then: live with it. The nerves are treated as a finished crime scene. The supply line that feeds them is not.

Sound like your last doctor's appointment?

What Mainstream Medicine Misses

Tingling is a nerve that is ischemic, starved, toxic, or compressed. A seizure-med for pain can dull the night. It does not restore myelin, blood flow, or the B12-and-glucose math that let the axon fail. "Idiopathic neuropathy" often means the second-pass labs were never ordered.

The Atma Approach looks at you as a unique person. Why are your nerves failing at the ends?

Has your doctor ever talked to you about these commonly missed root causes?

Commonly Missed Root Causes

•Glucose swings and insulin resistance damaging small fibers years before A1c looks "diabetic"
•B12, B6, copper, and thiamine gaps — including after metformin, reflux drugs, or gastric surgery
•Alcohol, chemo leftovers, or solvent exposure still sitting on axons
•Thyroid, autoimmunity, and paraprotein diseases that a basic panel will miss
•Entrapment and spinal contribution treated as "just neuropathy"
•Poor microvascular flow in feet that already run cold
•Gabapentin fog accepted as the price of not asking what is still injuring the nerve

How Atma Clinic Can Help

We've helped hundreds of patients minimize — or entirely eliminate — their gabapentin-and-go-home plan, and solve the underlying root problem.

At Atma, our Medical Doctors (MDs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) go through intensive training to become certified in Advanced Functional and Integrative Medicine. They're certified and ready to get to the root of your issue.

Ready to Get to the Root of It?

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