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Hello :)

Im new to this site and pretty new to treating with Reiki too. Does anyone have any advice for treating the above condition ? I have someone with this condition who is looking for a Reiki treatment and while I will be treating the whole body I am also very keen to try to use specific hand positions which will benefit the treatment most of all.

If anyone can help or give me some advice that would be great !

Thanks :)

In love and light

Taz

taz,

Hi,

There is a plethora of 'causes' for PN including conditions passed along genetically. Knowing more about the putative 'cause' would be helpful. For example, is the PN due to diabetes or alcohol abuse or physical trauma or tumor or nutritional deficiencies or autoimmune disorder or.......?????

Cheers,

RC

Hi RC thanks for your reply.

I know it isn't Diabetes and I know that my client is 78years old and is also receiving treatment from a Herbalist. But that is all I know at this stage. I will try to establish the underlying reason for the condition.

I am interested that this would have such a fundimental effect on the way the condition is treated with Reiki. Would the universal life energy not flow to the place it is needed irrespective of the underlying reason ? or is that a silly question ? sorry im still new to this and so im still learning.

Thanks Taz

Taz,

Hi,

There are varying opinions on the matter of whether the energy goes where it is 'needed'. For myself? If this were true then there would not be the questions people ask such as why didn't my cancer get cured' or why didn't the Reiki work.

I am of the school that stresses mindfulness and intention. Each person who gives permission for Reiki and receives the energy must use the energy to his\her own best bebefit. As such, it is important for the client to exercise mindfulness and intention as well. So, I am not one who simply assumes 'the energy knows where to go'. there is too much evidence to the contrary.

As for the cause?? One would treat alcoholism rather diffentrly than diabetes. Remember, some peripheral neuropathy may be reveresible (periperal nerves do regenerate) such as in some cases where the alcoholic gives up the booze.

Cheers,

RC

Hello again

Yes on reflection I am inclined to agree actually and often I find myself in a situation where the client has felt a great improvement in their condition but they have often not really given it the time and respect needed to heal fully. So sometime later they have commented on reiki not having completely 'dealt' with the problem. They have been very open to receiving for a period of time but then closed off to it.

I guess I could have answered my own question here ! And I guess I need to improve my way of handling these clients although I do always emphasise that they need to want to be healed and that there is a need for them to focus on the issue or pain or condition they need healing.

As for the underlying cause of the PN - I need to find out some more information.

Thanks for your help. I'll be back when I lknow more !

ttfn

Taz

taz,

Hi,

It is important to keep in mind as well that even when someone 'really wants the Reiki to help' we hear that they do not get the results desired. Why this should be so may be explained any number of ways none of which may actually hit the mark. Yet the fact remains that clients and practitioners, alike, wonder why they do not get the results they 'hope for'.

Cheers,

RC

Hi again

Have found out a little more regarding the above disorder in y client only to discover that the Drs have not found the underlying cause of this condition dispite exhaustive efforts to find one. On researching the subject a little more, I have discovered that it is quite common for the underlying cause to not be found. I am a little lost as to where to go from here although I have found some suggested hand positions recommended for treating nerve disorders and am inclined to follow these together with direction from my guides.

Any more ideas from anyone ?

Thanks !

Taz

Taz,

Hi,

Yes, polyneuropathies and auto-immune disorders are often "diagnosed" by the process of reasonable exclusion. Remember, too, if this is a genetically inherited condition then it is likely treatments will mostly serve to make life more comfortable; not provide any sort of 'cure'. So, it is not likely that Reiki will be the source of any problems as long as permission is granted.

I would recommned focus on Thymus in addition to whatever else you do (assuming that you are not dealing with an auto-immune disorder)

Cheers,

RC

Thanks RC - I'm now looking fwd to treating with interest.

bye for now :o)

taz

Kidney energy supports the nervous system, so I suggest charging your client's kidneys and then moving energy from them into the affected area. If your client's doctors at some point do determine the underlying cause of the neuropathy, then that'll give some additional areas on which you could work.

A story about treating neuropathy. When my father was alive but had cancer, one of the chemo treatments (oxalipatin) on which he was placed resulted in peripheral neuropathy, espcially in his hands and fingers. That made it difficult for him to do things like button his shirts and hold plates steady. Anyway, when I was visiting he asked me to work on his hands, so I did by following the steps I mentioned above. The next morning, he asked me to work just on his thumbs -- seems he'd held his thumbs inside the rest of his fingers while I was working on his hands (like a fist w/ his thumb held inside); the other fingers had improved but the thumbs hadn't; apparently, Dad's other fingers had "shielded" his thumbs from the energy I sent. (The bad news for Dad's fingers was that continued doses of oxaliplatin continued to result in neuropathy; the good news was that after the oxaliplatin was discontinued, the neuropathy went away.)

Good luck.

Bruce

Wow ! Fab story about your Dad. Thanks for your advice. together with the advice from you and RC I am more confident at going fwd with the treatment.

Thanks again :))

Taz

Hi, I too am new to this board. I have PN and am at my wits end. I take Lyrica and Keppra. I am one of the 50% they do not know what causes it (have been through all the tests). I could live with the pain with the above meds but it is the walking on what feels like cracked glass or sharp crackers that I can't get rid of...I can't take pain killers because they do not suit my metabolism (frankly they make me looney)...any new suggestions, therapies or help? When it is cold, 5 pairs of socks, and these just gawd awful looking slippers I got from Vermont Country Store help. When it is hot, just the slippers...walking on terry cloth seems to help the most...anything else doesn't do the trick...

Please suggest if you have any thoughts? These are mine.:)
Lynnrd in San Diego

lynnrd,

/*\ Namaste :-}}

- some people are beginning to look at acupuncture for relief from various forms of painful polyneuropathy such as those associated with diabetes and post-chemotherapy neuropathies

- perhaps try to find a respected practitioner in your area and get a consultation

- probably a good idea to discuss with your MD as well

Reiki All Around,

All Blessings,

Firekeeper

Thank you for your recommendation. I have tried acupuncture and it hasn't worked for me, probably due to to an additionally modality (bipolar II and those meds). Am I in the wrong place to discuss PN? If so, let me know. Thanks in advance.:)

Whoopsie, I just looked up Reiki. I do think I am at the wrong place. Not that I do not respect alternative medicines and techniques. But my bipolarism is definitely genetic in my family and I can't do anything but constantly monitor my meds for that, most of all. If there is any correlation between the two, I will have to follow an MD's direction. Thank you in advance for your help and I send you all my respect.