| Peripheral neuropathy describes damage to the | | | | How does the brain work? |
| peripheral nervous system, the vast | | | | Your brain controls and coordinates all function of |
| communications network that transmits | | | | the body (Grey’s Anatomy). When functioning |
| information from the brain and spinal cord (the | | | | normally, the cerebellum, which is the back |
| central nervous system) to every other part of | | | | bottom part of your cranium, sends messages or |
| the body. Peripheral nerves also send sensory | | | | “fires” to the brain (right and left |
| information back to the brain and spinal cord, such | | | | hemisphere) which in turn “fires” to the |
| as a message that the feet are cold or a finger is | | | | brain stem (mesencephalon, pons, and medulla). |
| burned. Damage to the peripheral nervous system | | | | This is called the “Brain Loop”. |
| interferes with these vital connections. Like static | | | | Your health, well-being, physical vitality, mental |
| on a telephone line, peripheral neuropathy distorts | | | | clarity, and emotional stability are all directly |
| and sometimes interrupts messages between the | | | | correlated with proper brain function….the |
| brain and the rest of the body. | | | | “Brain Loop”. |
| Patients with peripheral neuropathy often | | | | When functioning correctly, the cerebellum |
| experience unrelenting tingling, numbness, unusual | | | | receives adequate input, sending normal input to |
| sensations, weakness, or burning pain. These | | | | the brain’s frontal lobes, which sends |
| symptoms often make it difficult to walk, sense | | | | sufficient input to the lower brainstem, keeping |
| when an affected area is injured, create changes | | | | the mesencephalon from over-firing. |
| in hand writing and generally make life miserable | | | | What goes wrong? |
| for peripheral neuropathy sufferers. | | | | Stress…physical, chemical, and emotional stress |
| | | | | will adversely effect this “brain loop”. |
| Brain Based Therapy (BBT) is an amazingly | | | | Stress is not necessarily a bad thing. However, it |
| powerful, all natural healing technique used to | | | | is the constant, pervasive, never-ending stress of |
| restore people to their optimum state of health. | | | | our culture that is so detrimental. |