Laura Gutiérrez, director and physiotherapist of Consulting de Recuperación Global in Bilbao, presents the case of Izaskun, a patient who developed chronic neuropathic pain in hands and feet after receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy for breast cancer. Although the oncological disease was left behind, the sequelae of treatment deeply marked her life for years, with persistent peripheral neuropathy that was accompanied by stress, sleep alterations and progressive deterioration of quality of life. The pain became so limiting that it hindered a normal life and called into question something very important for her: the possibility of returning to her work as a nurse.
As the patient explains, after seven years living with this pain, she came to consultation with very high intensity and the feeling of having normalized a situation that was not actually so. In this context, it was decided to continue treatment with NESA, which she had already initiated previously, because it is a painless therapy with a scientific basis that generated confidence in her. The evolution was clearly positive, especially from the seventh session. The neuropathic pain in her hands decreased very notably, almost to the point of disappearing, and sensitivity also began to improve. In addition, sleep became deeper and more restful, and advances were observed in fatigue and cardiac variability.
The case reflects how an intervention aimed at the nervous system can decisively contribute to recovering functionality, rest and confidence in patients with complex chronic sequelae.
