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Fingers numb after cycling
I have been cycling since a week and the fingers and palm of right hand have gone numb and they have been continuosly numb since then.
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Cycling posture might have contributed to your numbness.
You should do neck stretching and scapular stretching exercises with proper guidance.
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If the numbness persists or aggrevates you need to consult a Physiotherapist or Orthopaedist for further evaluation and treatment either in person or through video call.
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Stretching exercise of neck.
And avoid long cycling.
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visit physiotherapy centre
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Your Symptoms leads to Carpel Tunnel syndrome , please take Advice From Physiotherapist .
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Physiotherapist will Assess your problem and find the Physiotherapy treatment.
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it will cure after 10-12 settings of Physiotherapy treatment
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Seems carpal tunnel syndrome. Get it checked as possible.
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Your longstanding wrist pressure could have caused compression on the carpal bones, trapping the nerve and resulting in numbness.
In this case you have to stretch your median nerve and your affected side trapezius (neck muscle)
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Repeat two - three times in a day
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Resting an arm gives you relaxation
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Visit a Physiotherapist and get checked.
Most probably it is due to compression of ulnar nerve at wrist.
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Continue treatment as advised by the Physiotherapist for that many days.
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Stop cycling for two weeks and then start with just 15-20 minutes per day and go on increasing the duration every 2 days..
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Ms. Komal Jagtap Gaonkar (PT)
Physiotherapist
15 yrs exp
Mumbai
Use pain'relieving gel like volini gel for pain.
Use ice pack three times a day 10 min-15min.
Try to do exercises for shoulder,neck and hand.
Strengthening exs and stretching.
Avoid cycling for few days.
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Ms. Vanshika (PT)
Physiotherapist
5 yrs exp
Delhi
most probably this numbness is because of your cycling posture, the numbness at your fingers are might be due to nerve compression at cervical. better to go for a proper assessment and then start strengthening of your neck and shoulder.
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consult to any good physiotherapist or orthopaedic doctor.
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Dr. Jacob Roshan Mathew (PT)
Physiotherapist
21 yrs exp
Bangalore
Your injury seems to be connected to your cycling posture. If your handle is not straight as of a MTB as in curved one, there is more tendency to poke your neck. And that can overstretch an already strained area.
Vit D and B12 as suggested earlier, are very important in most muscle and bone health issues.
Numbness can be a carpal tunnel type issue...but we need to assess you for that.
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generally if your injury is as a result of protrusion of the neck, an opposite chin tuck with a nod will help. this position needs to be maintained 5 seconds. You need to do that 20 reps and it needs to be done intensively, atleast 4 to 5 times per day. It should be painfree except for a light pressure.
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we need more information and you need a physiotherapist consultation for a full assessment and treatment.
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