Exercise

Managing Diabetes with Exercise: 6 Tips for Nerve Pain

If you have diabetic nerve pain in your feet, legs, arms, or hands, consider this: research published in The Journal of Diabetes Complications showed significant benefits of exercise in controlling peripheral neuropathy. The study showed that for people who took a brisk, one-hour walk on a treadmill four times a week, exercise slowed how quickly their nerve …

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Weight-bearing versus Non-weight-bearing Exercise for People with Diabetes and Peripheral Neuropathy

Results of a randomized controlled clinical trial are being published to report on the effects of weight-bearing versus non-weight-bearing exercise for people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Participants were recruited from a university-based physical therapy clinic. A relatively small study group had six-minute walk distance and daily step counts measured for 12 weeks, with the weight-bearing …

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Another Reason to Exercise: Pain Relief

Physicians in Taiwan have published a new study that finds that getting active may actually help alleviate some pain, including that related to nerve damage. Researchers, including Yu-Wen Chen, PhD, studied the effects of exercise as a treatment of nerve-related pain in laboratory animals. The article provides a link to the exercise page on the FPN …

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Exercise Plays Key Role in Controlling Diabetes

Statistics from the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet reveal that a total of 25.8 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes. One of the complications of diabetes is peripheral neuropathy. Regular exercise is important for most diabetics because it helps regulate blood sugar. There are certain precautions that should be taken when …

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Dianne Jones: Chicago to Cleveland

Some might say Dianne Jones is one of the lucky ones. Diagnosed with idiopathic peripheral neuropathy 25 years ago, she experiences numbness and tingling but she has no pain. Her hands and feet are numb; moving around is difficult. She loses her balance, bumps into things, her gait is uneven. She is stiff and uncoordinated, …

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