You say in one of your articles the nerve budding and sprouting process takes between 10 and 16 weeks, does that mean after 16 weeks there is no more nerve budding or sprouting? Or that a new sprout occurs every ten to sixteen weeks, up to ten times?
Is it in any way possible to keep the muscle from atrophying while waiting for the nerve to reconnect, or at least stave it off? For example, on my right leg, I have pretty bad muscle weakness in my calf. I have no ability to raise up on my toes, however I can go on runs and I don’t notice any difficulty with pushing off. Would assisted toes raises or similar targeting of my calves keep them utilized often enough to stave off atrophy, until my nerve could potentially reconnect, say, two plus years down the road? Or perhaps using electrical stimulation (after the nerve budding and sprouting process is over)?
Also, assuming my nerves are able to grow all the way back down to my feet without issue only to connect to atrophied muscle, will I still have sciatic nerve pain in my foot? Wouldn’t the nerves have become whole again, even though the muscle tissue is atrophied?
My last question is, can nerve grafts or transfers be used for longer nerves, like the S1 nerve?
Thanks so much for taking the time to answer my question and the many others asked on this website. This is hands down, the most comprehensive and helpful website I’ve encountered about this kind of stuff on the internet.
