PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
WARNING!
Caribbean L 14 ife, JANUARY 1-7, 2021
CARIBBEAN ROUNDUP
tabled an EC$1.2 billion tax free budget
in Parliament, underscoring the uncertainty
that is surrounding the global
economy as a result of the COVID-19
pandemic.
Finance Minister
Gregory Bowen, in his
first presentation since
he was appointed to the
position replacing Prime
Minister, Dr Keith Mitchell said the 2021
budget has been prepared against a
backdrop of extraordinary uncertainty
facing the global economy.
He told Parliament that the COVID-
19 pandemic caused the worst economic
downturn on record for the island.
Bowen said that Grenada’s economy
expanded at a brisk pace in the past
seven years with economic growth averaging
4.4 percent in real terms over the
period 2013-2019.
However, the finance minister said,
data for the first half of 2020 indicated
major declines in all sectors of the
economy, particularly the tourism and
private tertiary education sectors. As
a result, an overall double-digit contraction
of 12.2 percent is estimated
for 2020 in contrast to the 3.2 percent
posit9ive growth projected at the start
of the year.
Trinidad
A Trinidad and Tobago judge has
been appointed to the
International Criminal
Court (ICC) in The
Hague for 2021-2030.
Justice Althea Alexis
Windsor was one of
six judges elected after eight rounds of
voting, which began on Dec. 18.
She was elected in the eighth round
with 86 of the 118 votes, surpassing her
rival from Tunisia, Haykel Ben Mahfoudh.
Judges were nominated to the ICC
have experience either in litigating or
adjudicating cases before the Internal
Criminal Tribunals and the ICC itself.
Every candidate for election to the
court is also required to have established
criminal law and procedure.
Alexis- Windsor, who was appointed
a judge of the Trinidad and Tobago
Supreme Court in 2013, previously
served as trial and appeals counsel at
the International Criminal Tribunal for
Rwanda from 2004 to 2013.
She was also senior state attorney at
the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
and was deputy director of the
human rights unit at the Office off the
Attorney General in T&T.
— Compiled by Azad Ali
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Brooklyn, NY — The most common method
your doctor will recommend to treat your neuropathy
is with prescription drugs that may temporarily
reduce your symptoms. These drugs have names
such as Gabapentin, Lyrica, Cymbalta, and
Neurontin, and are primarily antidepressant or
anti-seizure drugs. These drugs may cause you to
feel uncomfortable and have a variety of harmful
side effects.
Peripheral Nerves
Figure 1: Notice the very small blood vessels
surrounding each nerve.
Peripheral neuropathy is a result of damage
to the nerves!
Often causing weakness, pain, numbness, tingling,
and the most debilitating balance problems.
This damage is commonly caused by a lack of
blood flow to the nerves in the hands and feet
which causes the nerves to begin to degenerate
due to lack of nutrient flow.
As you can see in Figure 2, as the blood vessels
that surround nerves begin to “die” they cause
you to have balance problems, pain, numbness,
tingling, burning, and many additional symptoms.
Nerve images
Figure 2:
When these
very small
blood vessels
become
diseased
they begin to
shrivel up and
the nerves
begin to
degenerate.
The main
problem
is that your doctor has told you to just live
with the problem or try the drugs which you
don’t like taking because they make you feel
uncomfortable. Our facility right here in Brooklyn,
NY offers you hope without taking those endless
drugs with serious side effects. (see the special
neuropathy severity examination at the end of
this article).
In order to effectively treat your neuropathy
three factors must be determined.
1) What is the underlying cause?
2) How Much Nerve Damage
3) How much treatment will your condition
require?
The treatment that is provided at AllCare
Neurocorrective Wellness has three main
goals:
1) Increase your blood flow
2) Stimulate your small fiber nerves
3) Decrease your brain-based pain
The treatment to increase blood flow utilizes
a specialized low-level light therapy (not to be
confused with laser therapy) using light emitting
diode technology. This technology was originally
developed by NASA to assist in increasing blood
flow.
The low level light
therapy is like watering
a plant. The
light therapy will
allow the blood
vessels to grow
back around the
peripheral nerves
and provide them
with the proper
nutrients to heal
and repair. It’s like adding water to a plant an seeing
the roots grow deeper and deeper.
The amount of treatment needed to allow the
nerves to fully recover varies from person to
person and can only be determined after a
detailed neurological and vascular evaluation. As
long as you have not sustained at least 85% nerve
damage there is hope!
Dr. Ofir Isaac, DPT at AllCare Neurocorrective
Wellness Center will do a neuropathy
severity examination to determine the extent of
the nerve damage for only $70. This neuropathy
severity examination will consist of a detailed
sensory evaluation, extensive peripheral vascular
testing, and a detailed analysis of the findings of
your neuropathy.
Dr. Isaac will be offering this neuropathy severity
examination from now until January 1,
2021. Then the prices will go up significantly.
Call 347-274-8523 to make an
appointment with Dr. Isaac to
determine if your peripheral
neuropathy can be treated.
Now, most major health insurances are accepted
including medicare which covers the majority of
your treatment.
NOTE: We are located 1213 Avenue P right in the
heart of Midwood, Brooklyn.
Dr. Ofir Isaac PT, MS, DPT
Chronic Pain Diagnostic Specialist
Owner & Clinical Neuropathy Director
Hi my name is Dr. Ofir Isaac, a Neuropathy
Specialist and Pain and Injury Consultant,
and I guarantee that this procedure will
work for you on the spot. AllCarePT.com
Where? Allcare Pain Elimination
For Life, at 1213 Ave P right here in
Midwood, Brooklyn. It’s my passion to
empower patients like you to eliminate their
chronic pain through our unique “Active”
Neuroscience-Based Approach To Pain.
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