
Your feet send 17,000 signals per second to your brain. Chemo cut that number.
Peripheral neuropathy reduces the sensory signals from your feet to your brain. Your brain loses its map of the ground. That's why your balance is off and your feet feel like they belong to someone else.
Rolling stimulates the nerve pathways that are still intact. Each pass across the roller is sending your brain updated information about where your feet are. Over time, your brain gets better at working with the signals it has.
You don't have to stand. You don't have to walk. Just sit and roll. Five to ten minutes, twice a day.
"Can not walk barefoot in a carpeted house." If that's where you are, start here. Sitting down, no shoes, gentle rolling. Wake those nerves up.
Movement is medicine. Even when you can't stand up.
Sitting still reduces blood flow to your feet by up to 50% compared to gentle movement
Textured rolling activates proprioceptors β the nerve endings that tell your brain where your feet are
Consistent gentle stimulation can help your brain recalibrate to reduced nerve signals
Both feet at once β 71.2% of CIPN patients have symptoms in both
Use it while seated β no standing or balancing required