Numbness (Neuropathy) is Not Silence. It is a Scream for Help.

Justin Feasel
Jan 19
2 min read

You treat pain because it hurts. You ignore numbness because it’s quiet.

This is the most dangerous mistake you can make.

When your feet or hands go numb, your body isn't "settling down." It is losing the battle. The silence you feel is the sound of your nervous system being cut off from the rest of your biology. It is a blackout.

Western medicine often tells you to "watch and wait" or prescribes Gabapentin to mask the burning that often accompanies the numbness. But masking the symptom does not stop the degeneration. While you are waiting, the signal is fading.

At The Point, we do not wait for the lights to go out completely. We act to preserve the connection.

The Unmasking: Why Neuropathy "Management" is a Trap

Neuropathy—whether from diabetes, chemotherapy, or unknown causes—is a progressive condition.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), we view neuropathy as a failure of circulation and nourishment. Numbness indicates Blood Deficiency (the tissue is starving) and Stagnation (the supply lines are blocked).

Think of your nerves like a garden hose. If you kink the hose, the water stops flowing. The grass at the end doesn't die immediately; it turns brown, it weakens, and eventually, it withers.

The Burning: This is the pressure building up behind the kink (Stagnation/Heat).
The Numbness: This is the water failing to reach the grass (Deficiency).

Taking a pill to stop the burning sensation is like wearing earplugs so you can't hear the water pressure building. It ignores the kink in the hose.

The Revolution: Restoring the Flow

We stop the stagnation.

Acupuncture is a precise, mechanical intervention. By placing needles along the affected meridian channels, we force the body to acknowledge the "blackout zones."

Vasodilation: We trigger a local response that widens blood vessels, flooding the area with oxygen-rich blood. This is the water returning to the hose.
Nerve Stimulation: We send electrical signals through the remaining viable pathways, strengthening the connection between the brain and the extremity.
Pain Modulation: We help the body regulate the misfiring signals that cause that "walking on broken glass" sensation, without sedating your brain.

We are not promising to raise the dead. If a nerve is truly gone, it is gone. But for the nerves that are struggling, starving, or misfiring—we offer a lifeline.

The Amplifiers: Building a Better Environment

Acupuncture opens the road; nutrition repairs the pavement.

Your nerves are wrapped in a protective coating called myelin. When this degrades, the signal shorts out. You cannot rebuild this coating with pharmaceutical painkillers. You need raw materials.

Through Nutrition Response Testing (NRT), we verify exactly what your body lacks.