Neuropathy Treatment in Kansas City

KC Foot Care: Thomas Bembineasta, DPM

8695 College Blvd #220, Overland Park, KS 66210

W8G7+VP Overland Park, Kansas

(913) 894-0660

https://www.kcfootcare.com/what-we-treat/peripheral-neuropathy/

KC Foot Care: Thomas Bembynista, DPM

Welcome to the podiatry practice of Dr. Thomas Bembynista, serving Overland Park Kansas and North Kansas City, Missouri. Our Overland Park office is at college Blvd and Antioch in the Bank of America Building and the North Kansas City location is at Green Hills Rd. and Barry Rd. Dr. Bembynista offers expert podiatric services and focuses on patient care and responding to individual patient needs.We treat Nail Fungus, Heel Pain, Plantar Fasciitis, Bunion’s, Ingrown Nail’s, Plantar Wart’s, Hammer Toe’s, Morton’s Neuroma, PRP Platelet Treatment, Tailor’s Bunion, and we make Custom Made Orthotics. When treating patient’s we always use conservative treatment before ever considering any type of surgical correction of the problem.

Dr. Bembynista is originally from Chicago but has been practicing in Kansas City for 38 years. He is married to the love of his life Barbara for 41 years and has a son. My philosophy is always to put the patient first, time will always be taken to listen to your problem and review treatments. Each care plan is tailored to your individual needs. We use advanced technology with digital x-rays, lasers, and instructional videos.We accept all major insurance’s ie Blue Cross, United healthcare, Aetna, Medicare, Geha.

Dr. Bembynista is also Board Certified by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery. He attended medical podiatry school in Chicago and did his training here in the Kansas City area in 1982. Both he and Barbara so loved the area they decided to stay and raise their family here.

Do you have any or all the following problems?

trouble sleeping because of pain and burning in your feet?
trouble walking because of pain and burning in your feet?
have you tried various methods to alleviate the discomfort without success?

The cause of the problems is Peripheral Neuropathy, a disease that causes pain that often prevents people from sleeping soundly at night. Additional symptoms are numbness and a loss of proprioception which is the inability of the sufferer to know where their foot is striking. Peripheral Neuropathy can be brought on by diabetes, drug-related reactions, chemotherapy and some forms of trauma. Whichever way someone acquires Peripheral Neuropathy, it can become a debilitating experience for those who are forced to endure this illness.

I have seen many of my patients doing their best to seek out treatments that would diminish or stop the consistent discomfort. Traditional treatments such as Gabapentin have many side effects and have limited benefits. Something that has been successful in many studies is the use of cold laser. This cutting- edge application revascularizes the tissue, increases blood supply and helps the body repair the damaged nerve. The pain, numbness and lack of feeling should dissipate as circulation is restored.

Although I have been in practice for 38 years, I am still excited about new breakthroughs for stubborn problems. Our office is focusing on advanced techniques of treatment with cold laser while considering this as a total body treatment. I have used this on a number my current patients, and they have all reported greater function during the day and decreased pain at night.

This treatment for traditional insurance and Medicare is a non-covered service, the cost for a six- week treatment is $1,200. We will go over your medical history making sure that you have adequate blood supply and are not suffering from a vitamin deficiency. After correcting any optional issues, the patient will be set up with a course of treatments twice weekly for six weeks lasting about thirty minutes each visit.

Peripheral Neuropathy is a complex problem and can be difficult to treat. We promise to give you the best Neuropathy treatment in Kansas City for your problem and leave no stone unturned to get excellent results for you!

Peripheral Neuropathy Defined

Peripheral neuropathy

Peripheral neuropathy, often shortened to neuropathy, is a general term describing disease impacting the peripheral nerves, implying nerves beyond the brain and spinal cord. Damage to peripheral nerves might hinder sensation, organ, gland or motion function depending on which nerves are impacted; in other words, neuropathy impacting motor, sensory, or autonomic nerves result in different symptoms.

Typical causes include systemic illness (such as diabetes or leprosy), hyperglycemia-induced glycation, vitamin deficiency, medication (e.g., chemotherapy, or typically prescribed antibiotics including metronidazole and the fluoroquinolone class of prescription antibiotics (Ciprofloxacin, Levaquin, Avelox etc.)), distressing injury, consisting of anemia, radiation treatment, extreme alcohol intake, body immune system disease, coeliac illness, non-celiac gluten level of sensitivity, or viral infection. It can also be genetic (present from birth) or idiopathic (no understood cause). In traditional medical usage, the word neuropathy (neuro-, "nervous system" and -pathy, "illness of") without modifier generally means peripheral neuropathy.

Neuropathy affecting simply one nerve is called "mononeuropathy" and neuropathy including nerves in approximately the same areas on both sides of the body is called "in proportion polyneuropathy" or just "polyneuropathy". When 2 or more (typically just a few, but in some cases lots of) separate nerves in disparate locations of the body are affected it is called "mononeuritis multiplex", "multifocal mononeuropathy", or "several mononeuropathy".

Neuropathy might cause painful cramps, fasciculations (great muscle twitching), muscle loss, bone degeneration, and modifications in the skin, hair, and nails. In addition, motor neuropathy may trigger impaired balance and coordination or, a lot of typically, muscle weak point; sensory neuropathy may cause tingling to touch and vibration, minimized position sense triggering poorer coordination and balance, minimized sensitivity to temperature change and discomfort, spontaneous tingling or burning pain, or skin allodynia (severe discomfort from normally nonpainful stimuli, such as light touch); and free neuropathy may produce diverse signs, depending on the afflicted glands and organs, but common symptoms are poor bladder control, unusual high blood pressure or heart rate, and lowered capability to sweat usually.