I had a serious motorcycle accident in 1995 (drunk driver turned in front of me) and I was left with a paralysed right foot and a strange combination of numbness and hypersensitivity from the knee down due to having had a crushed sciatic nerve. The nerve specialists did a nerve conductivity test and told me I was unlikely to regain movement.

I was going to a sports massage specialist and he asked if he could try acupuncture with a TENS. The insurance company approved the treatment which involved acupuncture needles connected to an electric pulse machine. After a few treatments I suddenly got a movement in my big toe. It took another 24 hours before I saw the movement again but from that point on I slowly regained a good degree of movement. I still can't wiggle my toes much, constantly have a sort of pins and needles, and I a have a deficiency in fine movement control of my right foot. I can't really run but I do walk without a stick and I can drive and peddle a bike etc.

This is much better than the nerve specialists anticipated and I am convinced that the acupuncture with the TENS sort of kick-started the nerve connections or perhaps in some way reassigned whatever connections were still in place.

Peter

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