By Kathy Feist
Peripheral neuropathy starts off as a numbness in the feet. But it can grow into debilitating pain that keeps one awake at night and decreases any desire to walk.
Wellness Spring Regenerative Health would like to put the spring back in the neuropathy sufferer’s step with a new FDA-approved device that’s shown some promise among patients.
Owner Anthony Breen, a board-certified family nurse practitioner, saw patients experience good results at a Lee’s Summit clinic where he worked. He decided to offer the services here. “There was no other clinic in Kansas that had these machines,” he says.
The small clinic, which opened in April at 131st and State Line in Leawood, features Sanexas, a non-invasive Electric Cell Signaling Treatment (EcST) machine that works to stimulate nerve repair at the cellular level.
With a gentle buzzing sensation, the machine sends energy waves from electrodes placed on the skin with suction cups. The EcST delivers low- and middle-frequency wavelengths to the affected area of the body. According to the manufacturer, this increases the energy in and between cells resulting in a recovery process.
“It helps prepare the myelin sheath around the nerves,” says Breen. “And it also increases blood flow.”
Patients relax in a reclining massage chair for 30 to 40 minutes. A blend of vitamins that support nerve regeneration are injected directly into the affected area. Breen’s injections are a customized blend of Vitamin B complex, Vitamin C, Alpha Lipoic Acid, and lidocaine (pain reliever). The vitamins replenish nutrients to an area otherwise bypassed due to poor circulation or malabsorption.
Online reviews of Sanexas are mixed. But for Breen, and his wife, Danielle, who assists him at the clinic, the results seen in their patients have been positive.
One such patient is Elisa Breitenbach. “I’m just blown away,” Breitenbach told the Telegraph. “It literally changed my life.”
Breitenbach was treated for her knee pain with the Sanexas treatment and cryotherapy. After a few sessions her husband noticed she was walking differently. She then realized something else. “I thought ‘OMG! I don’t feel pain,’” she recalls. “I didn’t even notice it. It was weird.”
After a few months she is still pain free and is no longer receiving treatments.
Wellspring offers other pain-management therapies.
One is CO2 cryotherapy which cools inflammation by spraying a carbon dioxide gas to affected areas. The 60- to 90-second treatment creates a “thermal shock” that triggers the body’s healing mechanism. “You get the same benefit as you would if you sat in an ice bath for 20 or 30 minutes,” says Danielle.
By the end of the year, Breen plans to provide Durolane injections to treat knee osteoarthritis. A single injection of hyaluronic acid gel to the joint can provide pain relief and improve function for up to six months.
In the future, he would like to offer PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) injections, often used for athletes who get back in the game 25 minutes after receiving the pain treatment.
“One of our main goals is to get people off of pain medication, give people a little more time,” says Breen.
Insurance, including Medicare, is accepted for the Sanexas treatment.
WellSpring is located at 13160 State Line Rd. in Leawood. Learn more at www.wellspringhealthkc.com.
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