Touch · Your Results
Your touch, explained by your score.
Find your band below. Your app result points you straight to it. With touch, a low reading is mostly about two things: protecting against injury you cannot feel, and finding the cause.
Touch, monitored over time.
Touch is one of your five senses. Complete all five within 14 days to generate your full Sensory Score.
First, the most important idea
Reduced touch usually points to the nerves, and the most common reasons are treatable: blood sugar, a B12 shortfall, thyroid, alcohol, or certain medications. It matters beyond the fingertips, because reduced feeling in the feet quietly raises the risk of losing your balance and falling. So a low touch score is a prompt to find the cause and to protect against injury you might not feel. As with every sense, the direction matters more than any single score: a reading drifting down from your own baseline is the signal to act.
Superior or Strong
Your touch is strong. Keep it that way.
Good news. Your sense of touch is working well. Protecting it is mostly about keeping your nerves healthy, and keeping a record so you would notice a change early.
- Keep your nerves healthy. Steady blood sugar, enough B12 (especially with age or a plant-based diet), and limited alcohol all protect the nerves that carry touch.
- Mind your feet. Good footwear and the occasional look for cuts or blisters is a simple habit worth keeping.
- Keep a record. Re-measure once a year, so a strong score becomes a strong trend.
When to re-measure
Once a year. That yearly point is what turns a score into a trend.
Average or Typical
Your touch is in the typical range.
Nothing here calls for action today. Lock this in as your baseline and re-measure each year. The first sign worth catching is a drop from your own number.
- Set this as your baseline. Re-measure annually, and sooner if you notice numbness, tingling, or burning in your hands or feet.
- Protect your nerves. Manage blood sugar, keep B12 in range, and go easy on alcohol.
- Watch your feet. If feeling fades, daily checks and good shoes prevent small injuries from becoming big ones.
When to re-measure
Once a year, or sooner if you notice numbness or tingling.
Low or declining
Your touch score is low. Here's what to do.
A low score means your sense of touch is reduced right now. There is no home-training fix for this one. The two things that matter are protecting against injury you cannot feel, and finding the cause, which is usually treatable.
Protect against injury you cannot feel
When feeling is reduced, especially in the feet, small injuries can go unnoticed and turn serious. A few habits prevent that:
- Check your feet daily for cuts, blisters, or redness you may not feel.
- Wear well-fitting shoes, and avoid going barefoot where you could get hurt.
- Be careful with heat. Test hot water, heaters, and heating pads with a part of your body that has normal feeling, since burns can happen without you noticing.
- This matters most with diabetes, where reduced foot sensation needs extra care.
Find and treat the cause
Reduced touch usually traces to the nerves, and the common causes are checkable and often treatable. See your doctor to look at:
- Blood sugar. Diabetes is the most common reason for reduced feeling, and managing it protects the nerves you have left.
- A B12 or thyroid issue, both of which can affect the nerves and are correctable.
- Medications and alcohol, which can be contributors worth reviewing.
Bring your SuperSenses result so they can see what changed.
When to re-measure
Once a cause is being treated, give it some time, then re-measure to see your trend and set a new baseline.
Protect your balance
Reduced feeling in the feet is a quiet driver of falls. Keep your home well lit and clear of trip hazards, use handrails on stairs, and ask your doctor about balance work if you ever feel unsteady.
Know when to see a clinician sooner
Reach out promptly if any of these are true:
- Numbness, tingling, or burning that is spreading or worsening quickly
- New weakness, or feeling lost on one side only
- Any foot wound, sore, or ulcer that is slow to heal, especially with diabetes
- A sudden loss of feeling
If any of these apply, contact your primary care doctor, and a podiatrist for a foot wound that is not healing.
One practical note. Two risks travel with reduced touch: injuries you do not feel, and a higher chance of falling. Check your feet, take care around heat, light your home well, and use handrails until your feeling and balance have been looked at.
