Numb, burning, tingling feet deserve a real answer.
If the nerves in your feet have turned numb, tingly, or like they are burning or buzzing, that is peripheral neuropathy, and it is worth checking. At Skylake Medical Associates you see Dr. Dmitry Sandler, DPM, FACFAS, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon who evaluates diabetic neuropathy and peripheral nerve damage in the feet, finds what is driving it, and builds a plan to ease the symptoms, including in-office REMY Class IV laser therapy, and protect your feet from the wounds neuropathy can cause. Serving North Miami Beach and greater Miami-Dade.
Nerve damage rarely shows up all at once. It usually starts quietly in the toes and works its way up, and the sensations can be odd enough that people wait months before mentioning them. These are the common neuropathy symptoms people notice in the feet:
Tick what sounds familiar
If a few of those ring true, have your feet looked at. Caught early, neuropathy is far easier to live with.
Neuropathy means the peripheral nerves running to and from your feet have been damaged. Plenty of things can do it, but in South Florida the leading cause is diabetes.
Diabetes and prediabetes — years of high blood sugar injure the small nerves in the feet. This is diabetic peripheral neuropathy, the most common form.
Pinning down the cause matters.
Care for a B12 deficiency looks nothing like care for a compressed nerve, and getting that wrong wastes time your feet don’t have.
Here is the part most people miss. When your feet lose feeling, they also lose their alarm system. A blister from a stiff new shoe, a small cut, a pebble that slipped into your sock, you feel none of it, so it goes unnoticed and untreated. In someone with diabetes, that quiet spot can become a diabetic foot ulcer, get infected, and in the worst cases lead to amputation.
Loss of protective sensation is the single biggest reason a minor foot problem turns into a major one.
This is where a podiatrist earns their keep. Guarding feet that can’t feel, spotting wounds early, and taking pressure off the danger spots is core podiatry, and it is daily work here. Our diabetic foot care and wound care work hand in hand with neuropathy treatment, on the same visit and in the same office.
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A neuropathy visit starts with your story: what you feel, where it sits, when it began, your history, and your blood sugar. Then Dr. Sandler examines your feet and tests the nerves with simple, painless checks.
A full foot exam of the skin, structure, and circulation
Protective-sensation testing with a monofilament, the thin nylon strand pressed lightly against the sole
Vibration testing with a tuning fork
Reflex and muscle checks
A look at your pulses and blood flow, since poor circulation often travels alongside neuropathy
When the picture calls for more, we arrange nerve-conduction studies or bloodwork to confirm the cause, and we work with your primary care physician or endocrinologist on the medical side of things.
No single pill undoes nerve damage, so good neuropathy treatment runs on two tracks at once: calming the symptoms and shielding your feet from harm.
Treating the cause does most of the work.
For diabetic neuropathy, steady blood-sugar control is the most effective way to slow it, so we coordinate with whoever manages your diabetes. For the pain itself, several prescription nerve-pain medications can help, and your physician will match one to your health. Correcting a B12 deficiency, easing off alcohol, and staying active all move the needle too.
For burning, tingling, and numb feet, we also offer in-office foot laser therapy with the REMY Class IV laser.
It is a high-power therapeutic laser: it sends light energy into the tissue, where it calms inflammation, supports local circulation, and eases nerve pain. Clinicians call this photobiomodulation. There are no needles, no medication, and no downtime; most people feel a gentle warmth during the session and go straight back to their day.
Laser therapy works as a series of visits rather than a single one, and Dr. Sandler sets how many you need after your exam.
It does not repair damaged nerves or replace blood-sugar control and protective foot care; it is one more way to ease the symptoms alongside them.
Research on laser therapy for neuropathy is still developing, and results vary from person to person.
Laser care is well tolerated, but it is not for everyone: we review your history first and avoid treating over active skin cancer, or during pregnancy, without a physician’s sign-off.
Read more about the laser and its other uses on our REMY laser treatment page.
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This is what we add on top. Because you can’t feel a problem starting, we become the eyes for your feet.
Sometimes the trouble is mechanical rather than systemic: a nerve pinched at the ankle, as in tarsal tunnel syndrome. As a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, Dr. Sandler can assess whether releasing that nerve would help. Surgery stays on the table only when a specific, fixable cause points to it, never as a first move.
Between visits, a handful of daily habits keep small problems small.
Find something that isn’t healing? Don’t wait it out. Call us.
A few signs need prompt care, and they matter even more if you have diabetes:
For anyone living with diabetes and neuropathy, a foot wound is urgent, not routine.
You will see Dr. Dmitry Sandler, DPM, FACFAS, a podiatrist and board-certified foot and ankle surgeon. For neuropathy that means one place for the whole picture: the exam that finds it, the protective care that keeps wounds from forming, on-site wound care if an ulcer does appear, and surgical skill if a compressed nerve or a complication ever needs it. Here, diabetic foot care and neuropathy are handled together, not shuffled between offices. That makes Skylake Medical Associates a practical choice of neuropathy specialist and diabetic foot doctor for North Miami Beach and the neighborhoods around it.
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If you have been searching for a neuropathy doctor near me and you live in the north end of the county, Skylake Medical Associates is close by. Diabetic neuropathy in North Miami Beach is what we see most, and early, protective care is exactly what we focus on. Our office treats diabetic and peripheral neuropathy for patients right across Miami-Dade, including Aventura, Sunny Isles Beach, Miami Beach, Miami Gardens, Hallandale Beach, and greater Miami. If your feet are numb, burning, or tingling, book a visit before a small problem grows into a serious one.