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Annemarie said:
Has anyone tried a ‘Revitive’ to help circulation in the feet?
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There is no evidence they work @Annemarie - and some HCPs and podiatrists suggest they may actually make things worse.

Best off saving your money. Are you worried about your circulation
 
Annemarie said:
I checked with the hospital DN specialist who said absolutely not! She said it wouldn’t help and could do harm.
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Sounds like your DSN has already advised you that they aren’t a good idea?
 
I haven’t heard anything about Revitive either way. I have a little numbness in both feet but, since an accident/ MRSA/5 operations on my left ankle I have quite nasty and severe nerve pain from my ankle to my knee (CRPS) I refused the heroin based tablets a Consultant offered after he said once started I’d be on them for life.
I saw an advert for Revitive so made an enquiry
 
Annemarie said:
I haven’t heard anything about Revitive either way. I have a little numbness in both feet but, since an accident/ MRSA/5 operations on my left ankle I have quite nasty and severe nerve pain from my ankle to my knee (CRPS) I refused the heroin based tablets a Consultant offered after he said once started I’d be on them for life.
I saw an advert for Revitive so made an enquiry
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Few m9nths back used TENS machine for sciatica & it certainly helped with pain, check first wirh Dr but if allowed it's worth a go, got mine from Amazon for around £30.
 
This was a post you made in 2021 @Annemarie, that I’d found when looking for other experiences of Revitive. It seems at the time your nurse advised against it?

Annemarie said:
Not sure where or how to ask but has anyone experience of Revitive foot massage machines? I considered getting one in my first panic-what-can-I-do/get-to-cure Diabetes. I checked with the hospital DN specialist who said absolutely not! She said it wouldn’t help and could do harm. This week I see it’s back being advertised on TV and it clearly states it can help Diabetes
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Sorry to hear about your leg pain since the accident :(

Was it codeine that you were offered? Or a different opiate derivative? I‘ve taken paracetamol and codeine for a bad back before, and it was fine to stop after a few days. Just have to make sure you don’t stay on it too long
 
I would avoid anything that advertises on those cheap TV channels that shows endless repeats of old TV series!
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
This was a post you made in 2021 @Annemarie, that I’d found when looking for other experiences of Revitive. It seems at the time your nurse advised against it?



Sorry to hear about your leg pain since the accident :(

Was it codeine that you were offered? Or a different opiate derivative? I‘ve taken paracetamol and codeine for a bad back before, and it was fine to stop after a few days. Just have to make sure you don’t stay on it too lon@
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I was offered a combination of Gabapentin and Pregabolin
On the NHS I read - not recommended for the over 65s, on a general site it said the drug of choice for addicts. I asked my friendly Pharmacist to destroy them, it can be bad but not as bad as an addiction
 
Annemarie said:
Not sure where or how to ask but has anyone experience of Revitive foot massage machines? I considered getting one in my first panic-what-can-I-do/get-to-cure Diabetes. I checked with the hospital DN specialist who said absolutely not! She said it wouldn’t help and could do harm. This week I see it’s back being advertised on TV and it clearly states it can help Diabetes
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I have one, I use it if I'm sitting at the desk for long periods of time. I dont use it a lot but it does get used you can feel it working and I would say it helps with circulation. I dont have feet/leg problems but do my utmost to avoid future problems.

It just sends electrical impulses to contract and relax your muscles, its a strange feeling some people dont like it and find it painful, you may need to moisturise your feet to ensure a good connection.

Think of it as more preventative than a fix, It certainly wont cure anything and dont try it if you already have cracked/broken skin. It may be a mental thing but my feet and lower legs always feel fresher after using it.

The NHS used to give TENS machines on perscription, I remember my father in law had one for lower back pain and he sweared by it.
 
Some people taken in by those TV ads often with famous people paid to advertise, avoid these machines.
 
pistolpete said:
Have you tried one? There is tentative evidence that it may be useful for painful diabetic neuropathy.
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no I haven’t I almost did, then after advice because I have Venous Insufficiency and Periphoral Arterial Disease was told it would make the effects of these conditions much worse, I was not prepared to take that chance.
 
Annemarie said:
Not sure where or how to ask but has anyone experience of Revitive foot massage machines? I considered getting one in my first panic-what-can-I-do/get-to-cure Diabetes. I checked with the hospital DN specialist who said absolutely not! She said it wouldn’t help and could do harm. This week I see it’s back being advertised on TV and it clearly states it can help Diabetes
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I was using a Revitive and it definitely eased what turned out to be neuropathy but I thought I was just getting bad cramps as at that time I had not been diagnosed as type 1 diabetic. I will check with my team for their advice before I use it again
 
Revitive. Some time ago I was considering getting one of these for my non-diabetic husband who has some problems with leg pains. I searched the internet for any independant research, clinical trials or a genuinely scientific opinion to support the use of these and unfortunately found nothing to suggest they do any good at all. The general concensus seemed to be its better to spend 30 minutes going for a walk instead of using this. Of course if anyone knows different I would be interested to read about it or see the data.
 
If you’re husband has not already checked with his GP to ascertain what condition (there could be a couple) tgat causes his leg pain, and when this happens, then moving around and walking is far better than any of these machines. You don’t say what other conditions your husband has, his age etc, apart from diabetes of course. I have two conditions causing pain in my legs, it eases with forcing myself to walk around the house a lot.
 
debinfrance said:
HI Annette&Bertie, he’s had extensive tests with no diagnosis but if he walks regularly it helps.
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well that’s a good sign, don’t waste your money on any of those Revitive thingeys, they hype them too much!
 
I asked my mum's GP about it - mum is T2 with very poor circulation in her legs and spends the vast majority of her day seated. I thought it might be something that was good for her. He said that seated leg exercises are just as good to get circulation in lower legs and suggested every couple of hours she did some ankle rotations, then an exercise where she lifted her heel off the ground then back down repeating for 30 seconds, then same with toe, then "marching on the spot" (still while seated) for 30 seconds.
 
I Have type 2 Diabetes, and decided last year to buy a revitive medic, No not because of being diagnosed with diabetes, i often suffer with leg cramp in the lower part of my legs. I did ask my Diabetic nurse before buying if they thought it was worth it. She told me as long as i used it sensibly then it should be ok. I have found that it has helped stop me getting cramp in my lower legs. Which in turn has helped me be more mobile and be able to do more walking, without suffereing from a lot of tightness in my lower legs.
 
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