Testing Reiki for nerve pain and sleep in diabetes patients

This trial is testing whether Reiki—a complementary healing practice involving energy work—can help reduce pain and improve sleep in people with diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage caused by diabetes). You would receive either real Reiki sessions, a sham (fake) Reiki session, or no treatment at all, delivered remotely over four days. The study will measure whether this treatment actually makes a difference in your pain levels and how well you sleep.

Diabetic nerve pain can be severe and difficult to manage, and many people struggle with both pain and poor sleep as a result. Researchers want to see if Reiki might offer additional relief beyond standard diabetes care, and they're using a careful study design to make sure any improvement is really from the treatment and not just from hope or expectation.