Hand Numbness & Tingling: Diagnosis & Treatment

[@fazilahmusammem7621]

I am a doctor (psychiatrist) and my mother developed numbness and tingling in her hands, after consulting two doctors, a neurologist and an orthopedic I was desperate because none could help. I ended up searching it myself and from this video know it is a peripheral neuropathy and I have to consult a different neurologist this time and share my own thoughts and search result. Thank you for putting this togather.

[@Ladida386]

Now you see how desperate us - laymen are, when we need to "how to Google, KZbin"? And even when we find out for ourselves what is wrong with us, doctors just dismiss us as "laymen who know shit". This is why I don't talk much to doctors, I just help myself as much as possible. Why would I lose my precious time with waiting and be misdiagnosed a couple of times?

[@espianmashias9565]

@@Ladida386I see doctors to get orders placed so that I can get tests done and go from there. I literally heal my own self. I worked in the medical field for 30 + years. I can literally say that many doctors don’t care to help their patients. I left it after COVID after confirming what I was always suspicious of. All they care about is numbers and 💵.

[@will201084]

Can't wait for AI to replace many useless docs from diagnosing

[@g.m.3286]

I had unbearable and incapacitating pain. all the Orthos (physiatrist and neck doc) did was recommend 4-5 weeks of physical therapy, which caused me more pain. I am now seeing a regenerative Doc. (physiatrist) and had prolotherapy Hydrodissection and Platelet Rich Plasma injections in my cervical spine. I am on my second day of recovery and feeling better already. This doc. not only sat me down beside him and went through the whole MRI Imaging with explanations, but did so with my x-ray, where he found I had "military neck" -a 45 minute review. The former PTs were having me do exercises that worsened my condition and caused more pain. My insurance did not cover it, but it has been worth it. I did the same for my knees 12 years ago. those orthos told me that the only way around my two torn meniscus's, would be to have surgery (at 35) and that in 10 years I would probably need knee replacements. They made it sound so "matter of fact", dogmatic, as if this was the only alternative. Well, I got Prolo and prp done for just under a year with some PT, and a year later the same docs could not find any tears on the new MRI. over 10 years later, I can run and still dance. I am for alternative diagnostics and therapy all the way.

[@dkasper3267]

May I ask what was causing the peripheral neuropathy?

[@Amysouss]

I went to a doctor for my left hand tingling and numbness and she asked me to do a CT scan and an MRI that both were clear. She told me that I might have a mini stroke. I was so scared that I couldn’t sleep anymore. I found your video and now I understand my syndrome better as my neck hurts too when I experience numbness on my fingers. Thank you doctor.

[@4Usec134]

Man what's your age

[@MissP3224]

I came here after the keyboard joke😅😅😅 He really got me. This video was so helpful, had these symptoms for months now since Feb.

[@verycd]

I wish instructors in manual therapies gave mini lectures like this to their students. A rather full picture of one presenting symptom that helps clinicians make sound judgement and give honest advices to patients. Thank you!

[@budthecyborg4575]

Wow, so thorough, and the EMG test sounds like a bulletproof method of determining what is actually wrong. Fantastic.

[@gregorydobrowolski1936]

This is an amazing master class. Thanks for this opportunity

[@denisethibault2267]

i had shoulder surgery and woke up up with tingling in the had,,i was sent for carel tunnel surgery that made no difference. doctor told me we can do more surgery on a different place. never mentioned PT or a brace. shoulder surgeon said it has nothing to do with shoulder surgery. this hs been going on for 4 years and i drop so many things because i do not feel what i am holding. no test were done to decide wear the nerve was being pressed. you r information was very enlightening much more than i ever heard before. i am 78 years old nd this is my biggest problem. blessing denise

[@mayam4501]

Thank you for mentioning that, I also suspect that most of my problems are in the shoulder after surgery/ but I am bounced between the shoulder surgeon who says all is good to the pain doctor who says my neck is good.

[@juliefall2892]

They are too quick to jump into surgery , carpel tunnel surgery has a risk of doing more damage , my friend was a electronic technician and after surgery had to give up his career in this field. He couldn't grip things any more

[@lizaoweniudreieeu75dryitrw46]

I loved this video. I have an appt today and one of the reasons is numbs hands every am. It’s so painful I cry. 😢

[@valjaliovajusername]

Awesome video, thx doctor, I am now 99%sure that my shoulder blade pain, neck pain and this ugly pain of my triceps, elbow, as well as tingling and numbness of my 3 fingers and the palm below, comes from my neck

[@hollysfamily1914]

I have all this

[@arrencybiey4021]

I am so glad u give an option of treatment for each cases .Most of the time we would be left clueless without and answer .thank you

[@playinatlife5778]

Thanks! Great explanation! I'm going to get my old wrist brace out and try using it!

[@SatumainenOlento]

I have whole left side weakness. Face, left arm and left leg. It is like a line was drawn with a ruler in the middle of my body and left side the skin has a light loss of sensation. Apparently the reason is the degeneration on my neck and lower back area, says my ortopedic doctor. I also have bulging disk in the lower back which may cause my symptoms of an occasional numbness on my saddle area and genitals. It is super useful to learn about these problems and how they are caused! Your video is amazingly clear and easy to understand! I subscribed and I find that I want to learn more and more...Because you make it easy to learn! Great skill! Your video is 10/10. Superb! 👏 Thank you so much!!!

[@thetrickester2431]

Same brother

[@Lauren-i8i]

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[@Lauren-i8i]

@@thetrickester2431❤

[@stevefarquer9144]

I also have total left side numbness grnitals and both hands. No releif found yet

[@stevefarquer9144]

I also have total left side numbness genitals, both hands and feet.No releif found yet

[@barry5153]

Excellent explanation!

[@SIRTONY]

BRAVO .. yes you just shared a MIRACLE for Humanity !!!!!!!!!!!!! BRAVO !!!!! Thank you 5 Million TIMES !!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRAVO

[@hhspore]

Dr can moonlight as a stand up comedian. Perfect comedic timing on the keyboard promo !

[@kimgeraci3838]

Excellent explanation! Wish more Doctors were like you. ❤

[@powerhousebakeryatnutritio1311]

Thank you for giving us how to treat with postural strategies

[@reality_is_the_key]

Turned my head to the right and BOOM! There were the symptoms I've been suffering from, just magnified! Thanks a bunch.

[@ahwell9984]

So useful and enjoyable. I will be able to ask better questions about this very complex topic. Thanks.

[@funghouls5498]

Thank you for a thorough explanation and all the respective treatments especially about too much B6

[@stelladina2437]

Thanks for sharing this video and the information about this is very helpful. 🙏🏾

[@LovettbalngoodsLLC]

OR YOU COULD BE LACKING B12 ❤ 🤷🏾‍♀️. This can also help and change the pillow shape and how you sleeping with your head etc. & I am a House cleaner !! This maybe a reason to and I need to exercise my hands more. Thanks 🙏🏾 Have a good day

[@patriciamcnicholl7501]

😅😅😅😅

[@juliefall2892]

I get chronic migraines B12 helps a lot. I had a severe whip lash and skull fracture 38 years ago and I am still suffering with my kneck and migraine

[@949hiker]

Excellent!!! I will ask my Neurologist for an EMG as the numbness is in only 1 hand. I do have essential tremor in both hands so I do not know if the numbness and tremor could be interrelated...

[@juliefall2892]

​kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWqypYl6oqupe68si=SUgzKg1QJPqoAFZR ​@@949hiker I just saw this. It may be helpful. I sleep on a couch now and i dont get the shoulder soreness and numness and tingling anymore because i cant put my arm above my head while im asleep like i do when im asleep in a bed. Hope this helps

[@juliefall2892]

Do you wake up after sleeping with your arm or arms above your head? I sleep on a couch now and I can't put my arms above my head , so it's solved it for me. ​@@949hiker

[@BodyLanguageAnalysisInterrogat]

Thank you so much for this info!

[@supladaiii]

Tingling and numbness on both legs came first, then pain started on both feet. I consider myself an active person, so when the pain started affecting my activities, I went to a podiatrist. Corrective action = #lapidusbunionectomy on both feet on 2015, four months apart. No plates but 7 screws total. 2019 was when the numbness and tingling in my hands and arms became annoying. I was negligent until I felt weakness with my grip and symptoms reached all the way to my shoulders and neck. Several consultations later, my neurosurgeon said it's cervical. Had #ACCF May2021 C5-C7. Now the numbness and tingling, sometimes pain and weakness, is back (hands, arms, elbow, shoulders and neck). Not constant but with increased frequency and with varying levels of intensity so I can highly relate to this video. After my cervical corpectomy, I was also told that I have mild carpal tunnel on my left hand so I still sleep with the brace, and I still practice the nerve glides. I'm an active bowler so I'm grateful that I'm right handed. Not sure what my next treatment would be but I sincerely hope that I wouldn't have to stop road cycling or bowling.

[@JacquelynneFontaine]

Thank you so much for this! As a mom of a newborn, I haven't been able to jaunt over to doctors as easily. And, as a pretty healthy person prepregnancy, it's been scary to feel such numbness. I realize gazing down at the little one isn't the best for my neck, so I'll be managing that, tying the wrist brace and checking out videos to help C6/7 tension. Many, many thanks!

[@zerbina]

Awesome information, doc! Thanks for putting it out there. It's so helpful to get to know this stuff not just as general knowledge but also as a complementary way to approach the visits with doctors, especially when you only get 10 - 15 mins appointments with them. I'm currently investigating an issue alike. Due to my symptoms, the potential culprit was the cervical spine but after the firsts tests (x-rays, MRI), we found out all the nerves in the cervical spine are clear, and very soon I will be taking the Electric Test you mentioned. Thanks to your video, I know I'm on the right path and what could I expect on some of the possible scenarios explained on the video.

[@rajeshmishra2676]

A clear cut information. Thank you very much doctor. I am a patient of TRAUMATIC QUARDIPLEZIA wef 21 02 21. I think a person like you can be helpful to me

[@trcykaufman]

God bless you. My prayers are with you🙏🏻💗

[@MrXhang]

Thanks for sharing the most valuable information... Please, if possible provide us some information regarding stiffness of the knees ... Thanks again

[@Dro_Dolla]

Thank you doctor, You explained all my symptoms, Now I know exactly how to explain my symptoms to my specialist when I see them on my first appointment.

[@Kathyahedrick3]

Good luck, the specialists I have been to have not helped, neurologist gave me 8 different prescriptions, 6 were muscle relaxers. All they did was make me sleep during the day and I was useless! Don’t take them, they don’t help! Sorry, just trying to help!

[@Dro_Dolla]

@@Kathyahedrick3 I got a nerve test , that’s how they figured and explained the problem that had , which was ulnar nerve damage. And they told me to buy an elbow or hand brace for a couple months and I’m not going to lie, it’s helped me a lot , I made progress and almost back to it’s full strength.

[@RVS-pj6bd]

Dr. Grant Cooper, you are the most compassionate HUMAN I have ever seen on You Tube ❤Caring, informative, helpful, intelligent and just medically genuine. I wish all doctors are like you. Thank you for tis video. Very very helpful. We wish you all the best in life ❤

[@johnmanya-yf3fu]

Thank you very much

[@ivyprasad]

Very useful video. Thanks 🙏🏼

[@markjordan1530]

A lot ofd useful information very well presented,

[@MarosHana]

best explanation video

[@PrincetonSpineJointCenter]

Thank you!

[@tyreechawkins9904]

Thank you

[@filipinaisraeli]

Thank u for this brilliant information Doctor..

[@charliebrown325]

I'm very stingy about writing comments. However your natural flow of explaining the nuts and bolts of such topic started me. I do not claim to have the wisdom of king Salomon, but you are a natural healer - you have the patience of Mahatma Ghandy and the heart of mother Theresa. Mother Nature should have thrown more human beings like you. GOOD LUCK. GOOD HEALTH.

[@Darkplayz123_dp]

Please correct urself it's Mahatama Gandhi ji

[@Karlamaee]

Thank you so much for all the information!! This is super helpful. More power to you and hope you can continue educating more people. I haven't been to a PT so this is really nice. My hands have been number for 2 weeks now. Hope it will end soon.

[@patricianelson9959]

Great video. Helped me more than my doctor.

[@artramirez4059]

Great educational, thorough video. 🙏🏼

[@indiscriminatethoughts6269]

Hi! Thank you for this explanation. I had ORIF in 2015 & subsequent removal of volar plate due to malfunction in 2018. The past 6 months or so, I’ve been losing significant function in my hand. I’ve been dropping things inadvertently, and I have a really hard time with simple things such as zipping a zipper, squeezing a tube of toothpaste, and many more day to day activities. I’m utterly heartbroken at the thought I may have a permanent disability.

[@LanaAlexander-m5m]

Thank you so much for making this video! Please don’t stop making them. I truly thought something was completely wrong with me that nobody else understood. You just explained what is happening to me that I guess I could not articulate to the doctor. You described Double Crush Syndrome and I have a tumor on my spinal cord in C7-T1 which now has a small nodule growing out of it that has just showed up on two MRIs within the last six months. I get these MRIs every six months to just watch this anterior tumor. Both hands have been itching and burning severely and now my feet both of them have started as itching severely as well. I definitely need another EMG to find out where this peripheral neuropathy is stemming from. You will never know how this video has truly help me and soon my doctors. Lana Alexander

[@lauraalvares6751]

Awesome presentation, clear cut! Thank you doctor. I am 7 years young ! I have diabetes and peripheral neuropathy. I manage with daily exercises. Daily exercise and supplements work for me. Your explanation speaks to me and I am going to follow you.❤❤

[@jackiesicilian5720]

7 or 70 years young?

[@marcellaleaton6086]

This was extremely helpful. I did have carpal tunnel surgery, it did not work. After an MRI of my neck. Yes. I have a problem. Guess I need the more extensive surgery. Just not there yet in the pain level yet. But my index finger is getting more numb. But nothing else. Torn about the decision to get the surgery for sure. Your presentation made me feel much better about understanding the why's and what can be done to help. Thank you

[@youngorkeyta3996]

Thanks doctor, I've been down with this numbness in my hands especially in the left fingers. I've seen doctors and taken treatment,but it's getting worst day by day. Thanks for this video.

[@bobkluck9691]

Super complete iformation Dr. and very nice presentation! Thank you!

[@peng109]

I would like to see a doctor for my hand numbness and tingling, can you tell me what Specialty doctors I should see.

[@PrincetonSpineJointCenter]

Either a neurologist or a physiatrist would be the place to start.

[@tyreechawkins9904]

Ok

[@catherinepoloynis]

Thank you for this great explanation.

[@robertrusso7988]

Very Informative!! I'm putting my brace back on tonight. I also have Cervical Stenosis so I'll have to get an EMG too. thank's for a great Video. AAAA

[@dawidbenyahudahisrael6959]

Great information. Thank you as you helped me to better understand what is going on with my neck and numb arms and hands. APTTMHY

[@patriciag5797]

Great imformation, I have numbness in my 2 hands and tightness in my lower legs.

[@cloverlodge983]

thank you!

[@robertoconti1796]

bravo good informations

[@pamelajaneway1067]

Thank you for this presentation. You answered many of my questions. I am suffering from numbness and shooting pain. I've just started chiropractic and acupuncture treatments. With the knowledge you've given me I am better equipped to communicate with my Dr.

[@michellepernula872]

Excellent and concise. You double crushed it. 😊

[@SaniyeOzaras]

Thank Dr you very, very much for this video it was very helpful and informative and so comprehensively covered for all the different conditions. Thank you again.

[@chris162022]

Thanks so much Doc very informative!

[@hassanadam5804]

Thank you very much for the explanation Dr

[@allanbaruela354]

May be i have that multiful problem on my LH hand. What you say is truely correct. Thank you for your guidance how to treat the problem for the pain.

[@clevertart69]

This was really informative! I think I have double crush syndrome tbh and i will be sure to mention this term during any future tests I may have

[@LifeInspection448]

Thank you doctor, very helpful.

[@4seasonsjoy]

Comprehensive！ please keep producing ❤

[@vikihosein9193]

Hi I am from Trinidad. So very informative. Thank you.i do have tingling on my toes left and my left 2 last fingers and elbow pains I will pay attention to your explanations.

[@gladyschepkoech3920]

Thanks alot for the wonderful information you shared

[@nalyn213]

Thanks doc, for the information❤. My hands starts numbing and tingling thats why i came to your video. It made me curious. Started taking B complex supplements maybe i have Vit B Deficiency.

[@tintintinnie]

Thank you so much. This helps me to have a different perspective of my case

[@Gailesch]

My hand numbness and tingling is my pinky and ring finger. Its my ulnar nerve. I have to get surgery but I don't want the possibility of the surgery having to be re-done! And the six month to a year of recovery? Good grief!! My brace sucks! My doc (Dr. Aaron at Sportsmed in Huntsville, AL) did the diagnostic nerve test and found it. I'm thankful for doctors with common sense. Thank you for this video. I shared it.

[@kaarenking3215]

Great teacher

[@mcaccia4]

Thanks for the video and explanation. Can you also add Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, please? I think it’s very relevant these days. Thanks!

[@tammyturner5507]

Thank you for your excellent explanation. I have neck and back issues and developed numbness in my hands over past several years. Hand splints really didn’t help so pretty sure where that’s coming from. Good info to share with my Orthopedist.

[@poetmaggie1]

Doctors mostly don't ask and if we tell they don't do anything.

[@cynthialoza6295]

Thank you so much, Doctor!

[@arlenemurphy804]

This was very interesting. Thank you so much.

[@Nicki7878]

Thank you very much. I learned something I never know

[@erickmwangi6208]

Thanks doc.

[@grahamwest1079]

Informative and amusing

[@jinireddy6397]

What an excellent video. Thank you Doc. I learnt so so much. Please continue the videos. Lol...your jokes are funny 🤣. Have a great day. Sending healing and love to all ❤

[@lesleymorris]

This has been very informative I have pain in my wrist bone and a sharp pain ( not numbness or tingling) and between my little finger and the forth it’s so painful I cry out! And my wrist in Constance pain

[@angelakennedy4169]

Thank you so much for your most helpful masterclass. God bless you for sharing such valuable information

[@rysina6940]

great teaching

[@trestree-cs1zc]

That was therapeutically funnny, the part about the keyboard at 19.99😂.

[@joseniadavid6923]

Grazie infinitamente Dottore.💪

[@abdulelah9726]

The first treatment is to get red of stress and anxiety ❤

[@funnycatsvideos8013]

I agree

[@Vict0reeaH]

Mostly an answer for 80% of problems in the body

[@worldofheidi23]

💯💯💯

[@Hadenought65]

Get Red 😂❤

[@abdulelah9726]

@worldofheidi23 Yes, I know it's very difficult

[@yeseniasplace]

What an incredible video. Thanks a million!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LEARNED so much about my hand nerve pain. I get a lot of pain in my forearm shooting to my fingers . It hapens at night i wake up screaming crying of pain. I almost bougth your 19.99 bluetooth keyboard lol

[@reg8297]

Did u have to stop workin my fear i have this n my hands 2 months now freakin me out n i need my hands for job i do i have chronic.psin 11 years from back n i thought maybe it from that so worried

[@theresagrace9257]

I definitely I’m vitamin deficient and I’m going to seek out help. Thank you 🙏

[@raesibephalane7333]

I wish I had seen this video earlier, as I underwent operation which resulted in hand no longer working. Always painful and cold sometimes. I had capal tunnel operation in 2021

[@LisaToney-tl8ik]

Me as well. Since surgery in 2020 my hand is completely numb and tingly sometimes feels cold. Dr has no explanation and now i live with this debilitating pain

[@musicantd]

Thanks! Hands in brace (lt) and bulky bandage (rt), so must be brief. Unremitting rt thumb tip tingling, got EMG, was told no cervical radiculopathy but severe CTS both hands, 55% left median nerve axon voltage but only 20% right. Discovered dominant rt. hand actually weaker than other (!) as well. Figured best to get ECTR ASAP on rt. hand, it was done 4 days ago. Tingling not gone yet. I'm 80 YO male in good shape. This video is hell of comprehensive, most I've encountered. An online handout for post-ECTR recovery mentions vitamin B6 50mg, 3x/day for 3 weeks was shown in studies to be beneficial. That's a lot, my PCP suggests going a bit easier, just 2x/day for the first 2 weeks, 3x/day the last week. With food. Surgeon told me pre-op won't know for 3-6 months how it went, that dead nerve fibers will not recover but "strangled" ones can.

[@briarwoodimp]

I told the doctors that the numbness started in my neck and they insisted there was no measurable nerve damage there, so it couldn't be the root of tingling in mostly the first 3, but sometimes all 5 fingers. Carpal tunnel surgery was done on one hand and only helped a little. I finally figured out myself that a firm wedge pillow under my upper body and neck solved much of what was simply my neck being compressed by my sleeping on my back, unmoving, on a very soft mattress with my legs elevated (which is comfy for my curvy body but sloped everything toward my neck. It was compounded by switching to working mostly on my computer during the first years of the covid pandemic. I could temporarily relieve it by stretching my neck and shoulders, but when I suggested that the nerves were irritated but not actually damaged enough to show on the testing equipment (after I insisted they check my neck) they said it was impossible. And yet...when I don't do things that squash my neck, my fingers don't tingle. Thanks for the video that included lots of ahas.

[@AnnemarieMytka]

My name is Annemarie my numbness is, in my both toes and feet ? Any suggestions thanks

[@kerrycroker9852]

Thankyou

[@gamemaker7844]

The keyboard joke was great! thanks for all the videos! I am about to go see a rheumatologist specialist for my high RF blood test result, numbness and muscle pain but I believe to be some of the issues presented on this video instead. funny nobody wanted to take an X Ray or imaging of my Neck after all the symptoms I shared with my primary doctor.

[@adrianpoe4416]

WOW this was so helpful! I’ve had pins and needles/numbness in my right hand, last three digits, for two weeks, after a woodworking project where I was hammering and chiseling. It’s very annoying but not debilitating. Not sure what I should do. Doctor visit or just time for nerves to heal from the trauma?

[@bortolo1007bortolo]

Thank you a lot!!!

[@BruceDemolli]

Terrific ❤thanks!!

[@chrishowgego2013]

Brilliant. Comprehensive. Very useful. Thank you.

[@camillecali2]

This was very helpful. I have cervical dystonia and the theb on the side I spasm is extremely painful

[@margaretphlipsak8973]

Worsening numbness burning and tingling in thumb, index and middle fingers, but the carpal tunnel tests are negative. Getting more painful every day. Pretty scared. Chiropractics maybe helping a little so does yoga, but not really effecting symptoms much. Thanks for any help you can provide.

[@xishimin]

Wow, this is so thorough! That connected everything I am experiencing now. I had a neck problem first then shoulder problem, then carpal tunnel on both hands. I have problem to turn my head one way. when I sleep on one side it can trigger my wrist pain. When I looked back, I realized that my Flovent inhaler triggered all the problems., including swelling, tingling, numbness, and weakness. I started to take a lot of supplements. Hopefully that would help. I also take two months pain medication and one month and a half cream. I have tingling all over my body now. I stopped everything. I am going to see a doctor for tingling .

[@ratnayuana9815]

Thank you doc.. Your diagnosis really helpfull🙏

[@anniekate1914]

will the left hand also be affected by the nerve in the neck?

[@PrincetonSpineJointCenter]

It certainly can be.

[@pariebadi2477]

Please is there another video on neuropathy in the feet and cause of it?Thank you so very much.