Serving University City, Missouri
Neuropathy Treatment in University City, MO
University City patients living with burning or numb feet are often managed on symptom drugs alone. There is a clinic fifteen minutes away that starts somewhere else.
A short drive
From University City the clinic at 4477 Woodson Rd, Suite 104 is about fifteen minutes via I-170, next to Lambert Airport with on-site parking and an accessible, large-print office.
Beyond gabapentin and pregabalin
Those medications quiet the signal without touching the reason the nerves are starving. That reason is generally circulation, blood sugar or nutrition — and each is measurable and correctable. Start with the 11 hidden drivers.
What treatment consists of
Vascular and circulation therapy, regenerative signaling, infrared, neuromodulation and metabolic correction — assembled from your findings, described on advanced neuropathy treatments, and summarized in a large-print plan.
Why the cause is the whole question
Identical symptoms can have entirely different drivers, and a treatment that works for one will do nothing for another. Establishing which is why measurement comes first. See the science of nerve terrain rehabilitation.
Start free
The Nerve Damage Score is free, takes two minutes, and emails a plain-language report. Begin here.
Frequently asked questions
How far is Regenerve from University City?
About fifteen minutes via I-170 to 4477 Woodson Rd, Suite 104, next to Lambert Airport with on-site parking.
Our Our St. Louis Neuropathy Clinic — Location & Directions page has the address, hours and directions.
Which kind of specialist should I be seeing?
It depends on what is driving it, which is exactly the problem when nobody has established the driver. Guidance: which specialist should you see.
Can I bring a family member to the appointment?
Yes, and it is encouraged — a second listener helps, and the written plan is designed to be shared. Details: contact the clinic.
Nearby: Clayton · St. Louis City · Kirkwood · Ferguson
Who we see from University City
University City is a short drive east and one of the more mixed populations we serve — long-standing residents, university-adjacent households, and a substantial older community in the older housing stock north of Delmar. The presentations vary accordingly, and so does what people have already been told.
Alcohol and nerve damage, discussed properly
Alcohol-related neuropathy is common, under-diagnosed, and rarely raised directly — partly because clinicians are uncomfortable asking and partly because patients underestimate intake honestly rather than deceptively. It is worth addressing plainly, because it is one of the more modifiable causes there is.
The mechanism is twofold
Alcohol has a direct toxic effect on peripheral nerve, and it simultaneously impairs absorption and use of thiamine, folate and other nutrients the nerve depends on. Damage therefore arrives by two routes at once, which is why it can progress faster than the intake alone would suggest.
What the pattern looks like
Typically a symmetrical, burning, length-dependent neuropathy beginning in the feet, often with disproportionate pain relative to the numbness, and frequently with calf tenderness. How alcohol damages nerve, and what recovery involves sets out the trajectory in more detail.
What recovery depends on
Reduction or cessation, combined with genuine nutritional repletion — thiamine in particular. Recovery is real but slow, measured across many months, and it is far better where the damage has not yet produced significant axonal loss. Nutritional correction alone, without changing intake, does not achieve much.
How we handle this conversation
Without moralizing, and without pretending the answer is a supplement. If alcohol is contributing, you will be told directly, along with what recovery would realistically require and what support is available. If it is not, we will say that too rather than leaving an implication hanging.
Nutritional deficiency also arises without alcohol — after weight-loss or gallbladder surgery, with restrictive diets, and with certain medications. The deficiencies worth testing are broader than most panels cover.
Common questions
How much alcohol does it take to damage nerve?
There is no clean threshold, and susceptibility varies considerably. Sustained regular intake over years is the usual pattern rather than heavy episodic drinking.
The mechanism is covered in Which Specialist Should You See for Neuropathy That Has Not Improved?.
Will the nerve recover if I stop?
Frequently, at least partially, though it takes many months and depends on how much axon has been lost. Nutritional repletion alongside is necessary rather than optional.
The detail is in Alcohol and Nerve Damage: Why Your Feet Burn — and How Recovery Actually Works.
Could it be a deficiency without alcohol being involved?
Yes. Post-surgical malabsorption is a common and under-recognized cause — particularly after weight-loss or gallbladder surgery.
Is this conversation confidential?
Yes, as with everything discussed here. It is also clinically necessary, which is why it is asked directly rather than skirted.
That is the subject of Neuropathy After Weight-Loss or Gallbladder Surgery? The Deficiency No One Checks.
The rest of the workup
Alcohol is asked about because it is common and correctable, not because it is assumed. The evaluation covers the same ground regardless of the answer.
Nutritional status, properly measured
Thiamine, folate, functional B12, copper and vitamin D. Serum values are interpreted against function rather than against the bottom of a reference range.
Metabolic and autoimmune screening
Glucose handling beyond a fasting number, thyroid function, and autoimmune markers where the pattern or history suggests them — autoimmune drivers are a real and under-tested group.
Celiac and gluten-related nerve injury
Neurological presentations of gluten sensitivity can occur with a negative celiac panel, which surprises most patients and many clinicians. The distinction is worth understanding before it is dismissed.
Recovery, realistically
Where a toxic or nutritional driver is removed and corrected, meaningful recovery is possible over six to eighteen months. It is slow, it is not complete in every case, and it is far better where axonal loss is limited. What is realistic is discussed before a plan is agreed rather than after.
What the first visit involves
A long history, a proper foot and neurological examination, and a decision about which testing is actually indicated. Nothing is ordered to fill out a panel.
What to bring
Prior laboratory work going back several years, any nerve testing, and every supplement bottle including combination products. The supplement list matters more than most people expect.
What you leave with
A written explanation in plain language of what is suspected, what is being tested and why, and a defined point at which the plan is reviewed. Questions worth asking are published in advance.
Autonomic symptoms nobody connects
Digestive changes, blood pressure drops on standing, sweating changes and bladder symptoms are all nerve problems, and patients rarely mention them because they do not seem related to burning feet. They are worth raising, because they alter both the diagnosis and the urgency.
Getting here
The clinic is a short run west along I-170 to Woodson Road, with parking directly outside and a step-free, large-print office. For patients relying on transit, it is reachable by bus with one connection — worth raising at the first visit so the plan is built around transport you actually have.
Visit Regenerve
4477 Woodson Rd, Suite 104, St. Louis, MO 63134
Minutes from St. Louis Lambert International Airport
Call or text (314) 886-5902 · info@regenerve.com
Find out what is driving your nerve pain
Take the free Nerve Damage Score — five large-print questions, a plain-language report by email. Then talk with our team about a plan to treat the cause.