Numb hands
Numb hands
Have had numb hands for about a month and half now, anyone else experience this?? How long did it take to come back?
Re: Numb hands
Hi,
It depends what you mean by numb. I had a bad attack in 2014 and one consequence was my hands hurt but then became numb in places. Two years later I have just got used to it. My neurologist said it corresponded to damage on C7.
The nerves that feed into your hands start at the spine about the level of your shoulder blades. They form into bundles that pass under the shoulder blades, up over the shoulder and the wind down your arms. It's too simple to just say numb hands are caused by damage to a spot on the spine.
What you should do is aim to prevent any impingement in the pathway that nerves travel along. That's best done through massage. In particular open the scapula like this -
The other point to keep free is the shoulder itself. My attacks tended to squeeze the muscles around the ball of the shoulder until they effectively became frozen. The answer was the injection a mixture of cortisone and water into the joint to expand the space so there was room for the arm bone to rotate in the socket. This also needs to be followed up with painful massage aimed at stripping the muscles on the outside of the shoulder so they don't just keep it locked in place.
You need to be vigilant about those pathways for the nerves to remain unrestricted and hopefully the numbness resolves itself. Even if your shoulders are free get the scapula massage to keep it that way.
Regards,
It depends what you mean by numb. I had a bad attack in 2014 and one consequence was my hands hurt but then became numb in places. Two years later I have just got used to it. My neurologist said it corresponded to damage on C7.
The nerves that feed into your hands start at the spine about the level of your shoulder blades. They form into bundles that pass under the shoulder blades, up over the shoulder and the wind down your arms. It's too simple to just say numb hands are caused by damage to a spot on the spine.
What you should do is aim to prevent any impingement in the pathway that nerves travel along. That's best done through massage. In particular open the scapula like this -
The other point to keep free is the shoulder itself. My attacks tended to squeeze the muscles around the ball of the shoulder until they effectively became frozen. The answer was the injection a mixture of cortisone and water into the joint to expand the space so there was room for the arm bone to rotate in the socket. This also needs to be followed up with painful massage aimed at stripping the muscles on the outside of the shoulder so they don't just keep it locked in place.
You need to be vigilant about those pathways for the nerves to remain unrestricted and hopefully the numbness resolves itself. Even if your shoulders are free get the scapula massage to keep it that way.
Regards,
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Re: Numb hands
An acute relapse affecting my cervical spine in 2008 left me with numb hands. Took about a year to get back about 95%. The hand exercisers in the link below worked wonders. I still use regularly. Best of luck.
http://prohands.net/medical.php
http://prohands.net/medical.php