Neuropathy Treatment
Neuropathy Treatment in Aurora, Ohio
For patients who have been told their numbness, tingling, or burning pain "just has to be managed," Explore Family Chiropractic offers a different path. Dr. Nicholas Toumazos built a four-step, FDA-supported protocol specifically to restore nerve and blood-vessel function in patients with peripheral neuropathy, chemotherapy-induced nerve damage, and diabetic neuropathy. The results earned Explore Family Chiropractic an unsolicited feature on News 5 Cleveland's Spotlight5. Below, you will find exactly how the protocol works, what real patients have experienced, and what your first visit looks like.
The Protocol
Our Four-Step Approach to Neuropathy Treatment.
Peripheral neuropathy is rarely a single problem with a single fix. It usually involves a combination of nerve compression, poor circulation, chronic inflammation, and, for many patients, blood sugar dysfunction. Rather than reaching straight for a prescription pad, Dr. Toumazos built a four-step protocol to address each of those pieces directly. It is the same protocol that earned Explore Family Chiropractic its News 5 Cleveland feature, and it is applied individually to every patient after a full exam, never handed out as a one-size-fits-all package.
Step 1: Identify the Root Cause
Every visit starts with a real conversation about your history and symptoms, followed by a thorough exam and diagnostic imaging when appropriate. We look at nerve conduction and sensitivity patterns, spinal alignment, circulation, and metabolic factors like blood sugar, because two patients with the same "numb feet" complaint often have very different underlying causes.
Step 2: Restore Nerve & Blood-Vessel Function
Using the gentle, instrument-assisted Torque Release Technique, Dr. Toumazos reduces nerve interference caused by spinal misalignment. Many patients pair this with StemWave acoustic wave therapy and, when the spine itself is compressing a nerve root, non-surgical spinal decompression to improve blood flow and calm inflammation.
Step 3: Rebuild Strength & Sensation
For many patients, especially those with diabetic neuropathy, nerve repair also depends on what is happening metabolically. Dr. Mayes leads a nutritional and metabolic approach addressing blood sugar regulation and gut health, giving damaged nerves the support they need to heal rather than treating the spine in isolation.
Step 4: Maintain Long-Term Relief
Neuropathy relief is not a single appointment. Once symptoms improve, we build an ongoing maintenance plan and home-care guidance so patients keep the nerve and blood-vessel function they worked to restore, instead of watching symptoms creep back.
Where Treatment Happens: The Aurora Office Behind the Protocol
Neuropathy treatment at Explore Family Chiropractic takes place in the same calm, unhurried Aurora Commons office featured on News 5 Cleveland, not a rushed clinical setting. Every step of the four-step protocol, from the initial exam through StemWave and spinal decompression sessions, happens here.
A Question We Hear Often
Numbness in Your Feet? Acupressure Points Patients Ask Us About.
Search "acupressure points for numbness in feet" or "acupressure points for nerve pain" and you will find no shortage of diagrams online, and it is one of the most common questions our Aurora patients bring up between visits. Gently working specific points on the feet, hands, and lower legs can offer some patients temporary relief from tingling and burning, and many of our patients use it as a simple, at-home complement to their care plan. During your visit, Dr. Toumazos or Dr. Mayes can show you which points are appropriate for your specific symptoms and how to use them safely.
What acupressure cannot do is address the nerve compression, circulation problem, or metabolic issue actually driving your neuropathy. That is the job of the four-step protocol above. Think of acupressure as something that can ease a symptom between appointments, not a substitute for identifying and treating the root cause.
A Common Root Cause
Diabetic Neuropathy Needs Its Own Plan.
Diabetes is one of the most common causes of peripheral neuropathy, and it requires a treatment plan that looks past the spine alone. Elevated blood sugar can damage small nerve fibers over time and restrict circulation to the hands and feet, which is exactly why our four-step protocol pairs chiropractic and StemWave care with Dr. Mayes's nutritional and metabolic support. Rather than treating diabetic neuropathy as a symptom to numb with medication, we look at blood sugar regulation, inflammation, and gut health alongside the nerve and blood-vessel work happening in your adjustments.
Patients managing diabetic neuropathy alongside other chronic conditions, including the arthritis and degenerative disc disease we commonly see alongside it, often need the most coordinated version of this protocol. If diabetes is part of your neuropathy picture, tell us at your first visit so we can build your plan around it from day one.
Earned Media
Featured onNews 5 Cleveland's Spotlight5.
Explore Family Chiropractic's neuropathy protocol became the subject of an unsolicited local news feature: News 5 Cleveland's Spotlight5 segment, "Managing Neuropathy with Explore Family Chiropractic." The station's marketplace team profiled Dr. Toumazos's four-step approach as a real, non-medication option for Northeast Ohio patients living with numbness, tingling, and burning pain, the same protocol described on this page.
It is a genuine earned-media placement, not a paid advertisement, and it remains the practice's most visible public recognition to date.
A Real Patient Story
"My Neuropathy Is Gone."
"Dr. Nick gave me back a quality of life I haven't had in many years. With extreme neuropathy and a myriad of back issues (degenerative disc disease, arthritis and spinal stenosis), I arrived at EFC with depression and not much hope. Dr. Nick listened, took images, and set a game plan. A year later, my neuropathy is gone, and I am able to do more physically for longer periods of time."
Gold In Fire, Google review, Explore Family Chiropractic patient
Results like this are real, but they are not instant and they are not guaranteed for every patient. Gold In Fire's neuropathy improved over roughly a year of consistent care alongside treatment for pre-existing degenerative disc disease, arthritis, and spinal stenosis. Your exam and history will determine what a realistic timeline looks like for you.
Who We Treat
What Kinds of Nerve Pain Do We Treat in Aurora?
The neuropathy cases treated at Explore Family Chiropractic fall into 5 recurring groups, and each one enters the same four-step protocol after a full exam. Diabetes is one of the most common root causes of peripheral neuropathy overall, alongside chemotherapy-induced nerve damage and idiopathic cases with no identified cause. In our practice, nerve pain also frequently overlaps with degenerative disc disease, arthritis, or spinal stenosis, so the exam checks the spine alongside circulation and metabolic factors.
Numbness, tingling, or burning in the hands, arms, legs, or feet
Diabetic neuropathy
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
Idiopathic neuropathy (no identified cause)
Neuropathy that co-occurs with degenerative disc disease, arthritis, or spinal stenosis
Your First Visit
What to Expect at Your First Neuropathy Visit.
Your first visit starts with a real conversation about your symptoms and health history, not a rushed intake form. From there, Dr. Toumazos or Dr. Mayes performs a thorough exam, checking nerve conduction and sensitivity patterns, spinal alignment, circulation, and, when relevant, metabolic markers like blood sugar. If diagnostic imaging is needed to see what is happening at the spine, we review it together before recommending a plan.
Your protocol, whether it leans more heavily on Torque Release Technique adjustments, StemWave therapy, spinal decompression, or nutritional and metabolic support, is built around what your exam actually shows, not a generic neuropathy package. We will also tell you plainly if your case needs a referral outside our office.
Led by Dr. Lauren Mayes
Related Care That Works Alongside This Protocol.
Neuropathy treatment is one of Dr. Lauren Mayes's documented clinical specialties. She leads the nutritional and metabolic health side of the four-step protocol, addressing what is happening metabolically alongside Dr. Toumazos's hands-on nerve decompression work, so both the mechanical and metabolic drivers of nerve pain are addressed in the same plan.
From Our Health Library
Go Deeper on Neuropathy and Nerve Pain.
We have written extensively about peripheral neuropathy over the years. Here are a few of our most helpful articles.
Neuropathy Treatment Questions
What Aurora Patients Ask Us.
Peripheral neuropathy is damage or dysfunction affecting the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord, most often in the hands and feet. It causes numbness, tingling, burning, or pain, and common contributing factors include poor circulation, diabetes, chronic inflammation, chemotherapy, toxin exposure, and, in some cases, no identifiable cause at all (idiopathic neuropathy).
Medications like gabapentin can dull nerve pain temporarily, but they do not restore nerve or blood-vessel function. Our protocol starts by identifying what is actually driving your symptoms, then combines Torque Release Technique adjustments, StemWave therapy, spinal decompression when appropriate, and metabolic support to address those causes directly, with an ongoing maintenance plan to help protect your results.
Yes. Diabetic neuropathy responds best to a plan that goes beyond spinal adjustments alone, which is why we pair chiropractic and StemWave care with Dr. Mayes's nutritional and metabolic support to address blood sugar regulation and inflammation alongside nerve and blood-vessel restoration.
We can. Many patients ask about acupressure points for nerve pain and numbness in the feet, and Dr. Toumazos or Dr. Mayes can show you safe, specific points to try at home between visits. Acupressure can ease symptoms temporarily, but it works best alongside the four-step protocol that addresses the underlying cause.
Yes. News 5 Cleveland's Spotlight5 series featured Explore Family Chiropractic in a segment titled “Managing Neuropathy with Explore Family Chiropractic,” covering Dr. Toumazos's four-step protocol. It was unsolicited, earned coverage, not a paid placement, and you can watch it in full on News 5 Cleveland's website.
Ready to Stop Managing Symptoms and Start Restoring Function?
Request your appointment with Dr. Toumazos or Dr. Mayes today, or visit our About page to learn more about the doctors behind this protocol.
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